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yes
[ yes ]
adverb
- (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.)
noun
- an affirmative reply.
verb (used with object)
- to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to.
interjection
- (used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)
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
noun
- an answer or vote of yes
- often plural a person who votes in the affirmative
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Example Sentences
And yes, someone has already called Spencer a “Small Fry,” har har.
Yes, we do typically do better than Europe (and Canada, too, which is frequently awful on this score).
But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.
And yes, our values include tolerance of those who wish to make fun of religion.
And that may well be what is happening in the Barnett Shale region around, yes, Dallas and Irving.
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
"Yes, Alessandro," she answered faintly, the gusts sweeping her voice like a distant echo past him.
They used to believe in witchcraft, and they burned millions—yes, millions—of innocent women as witches.
"Yes, as there seems no possibility of making any more mistakes on our way, you are free," replied the gravest of the two.
“Yes; that would be indispensible,” said the baron, whose eyes were sweeping the room from corner to corner, fiercely and swiftly.
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