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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024yes /yɛs/USA pronunciation adv., n., pl. yes•es. adv. - (used to express agreement with, or emphasis on, a previous statement, or to show willingness to comply with a previous request:Do you want that? Yes, I do. Could you bring us some water? Yes, in just a minute.
- (used to express disagreement with a negative statement or command):You can't do that! Oh yes I can!
- (used as if it were a question, as to express uncertainty, curiosity, etc.):"Yes?'' he said after the police officer called his name.
- (used, usually in a gently questioning way, to express polite interest or attention, as to invite the other participant in a conversation to continue).
n. [countable] - an affirmative reply or vote.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024yes (yes),USA pronunciation adv., n., pl. yes•es, v., yessed, yes•sing, interj.
adv. - (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement):Do you want that? Yes, I do.
- (used to express an emphatic contradiction of a previously negative statement or command):Don't do that! Oh, yes I will!
- (used, usually interrogatively, to express hesitation, uncertainty, curiosity, etc.):"Yes?'' he said as he opened the door. That was a marvelous show! Yes?
- (used to express polite or minimal interest or attention.)
n. - an affirmative reply.
v.t. - to give an affirmative reply to;
give assent or approval to.
interj. - (used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)
- Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adverb, adverbial and noun, nominal), probably equivalent. to gēa yea + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to be) bef. 900
+ interj. - (used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: yes /jɛs/ sentence substitute - used to express acknowledgment, affirmation, consent, agreement, or approval or to answer when one is addressed
- used, often with interrogative intonation, to signal someone to speak or keep speaking, enter a room, or do something
n - an answer or vote of yes
- (often plural) a person who votes in the affirmative
Etymology: Old English gēse, from iā sīe may it be; see yea |