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- [yes]
- /yɛs/
- /jes/
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- [yes]
- /yɛs/
Definitions of yes word
- adverb yes (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. 1
- adverb yes (used to express an emphatic contradiction of a previously negative statement or command): Don't do that! Oh, yes I will! 1
- adverb yes (used, usually interrogatively, to express hesitation, uncertainty, curiosity, etc.): “Yes?” he said as he opened the door. That was a marvelous show! Yes? 1
- adverb yes (used to express polite or minimal interest or attention.) 1
- noun plural yes an affirmative reply. 1
- verb with object yes to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to. 1
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Origin of yes
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adv. and noun), probably equivalent to gēa yea1 + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to be)
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Parts of speech for Yes
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
yes popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for yes
adverb yes
- affirmative — An affirmative word or gesture indicates that you agree with what someone has said or that the answer to a question is 'yes'.
- sure — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- absolutely — Absolutely means totally and completely.
- of course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
verb yes
- throw in the towel — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- get behind — support: a cause, etc.
- subscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- cosign — to sign (a document) jointly
adjective yes
- nonresistant — not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
- unresisting — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- nonresisting — Unresisting; without resistance.
- uncomplaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
interjection yes
- no problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- fair enough — that is reasonable
- yeah — yes.
- right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
Antonyms for yes
adverb yes
- disagreed — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
interjection yes
- no — classic drama of Japan, developed chiefly in the 14th century, employing verse, prose, choral song, and dance in highly conventionalized formal and thematic patterns derived from religious sources and folk myths.
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