[yes] 
,adverb, noun, plural yes⋅es, verb, yessed, yes⋅sing, interjection | 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.) |
| 5. | an affirmative reply. |
| 6. | to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to. |
| 7. | (used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.) |
| yes (yěs) adv. It is so; as you say or ask. Used to express affirmation, agreement, positive confirmation, or consent. n. pl. yes·es
To give an affirmative reply to. interj. Used to express great satisfaction, approval, or happiness. [Middle English, from Old English gēse, so be it! : probably gēa, so; see i- in Indo-European roots + sīe, may it be so; see es- in Indo-European roots.] |