adverb
1.
(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.
2.
(used to express an emphatic contradiction of a previously negative statement or command): Don't do that! Oh, yes I will!
3.
(used, usually interrogatively, to express hesitation, uncertainty, curiosity, etc.): “Yes?” he said as he opened the door. That was a marvelous show! Yes?
4.
(used to express polite or minimal interest or attention.)
noun, plural yes·es.
5.
an affirmative reply.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used with object), yessed, yes·sing.
6.
to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to.
interjection
7.
(used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)
Origin:
before 900; Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adv. and noun), probably equivalent to gēa yea + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to be)
before 900; Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adv. and noun), probably equivalent to gēa yea + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to be)
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| —sentence substitute | |
| 1. | used to express acknowledgment, affirmation, consent, agreement, or approval or to answer when one is addressed |
| 2. | used, often with interrogative intonation, to signal someone to speak or keep speaking, enter a room, or do something |
| —n | |
| 3. | an answer or vote of yes |
| 4. | (often plural) a person who votes in the affirmative |
| [Old English gēse, from iā sīe may it be; see | |
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Example sentences
If yes, then all he needs to do is indicate what changes are to be made, then sign on the bottom line.
Yes, the holidays bring millions of chopped-down trees and megawatts of flashing lights.
Yes, at a local level, it seems as if there is some cross-sectarian interaction.
Yes, each gene regulates the construction of a specific protein.
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