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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈjɛs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/jɛs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(yes)

Inflections of 'yes' (n): npl: yeses

Inflections of 'yes' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

yeses: v 3rd person singular

yessing: v pres p

yessed: v past

yessed: v past p

yes /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.

yes (yes),USA pronunciation
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.)

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

yes, +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

an answer or vote of yes
(often plural) a person who votes in the affirmative

Compare no¹Etymology: Old English gēse, from iā sīe may it be; see yea

'yes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

absolutely - affirmative - aye - half - ja - langue d'oc - langue d'oïl - maybe - no - open-ended - open question - or - Ouija board - please - Reverend - sentence substitute - sirree - sure - surely - uh-huh - yah - yeah - yebo - yep - yes man - affirmative flag - all right - binary system - certainly - da - flunky - glottal stop - good-oh - Languedoc - majority - monosyllable - OK - oui - oyez - perfect - positively - rather - tickle - toady - twenty questions - Urim and Thummim - WH-question - yea - yes-man - yes-no question

In Lists: PET Vocabulary List - Y, Vocabulaire , more...

Synonyms: sure, alright, definitely, of course, certainly, more...

Collocations: a yes in [response, reply], a yes [vote, motion, answer], a (simple) yes or no will [do, suffice], more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "yes" in the title:

___________Marry___________(go) camping next Sunday? - Yes, she__________.
- Don't you want us to see you? - Yes
- Yes, I have heard. (intransitive)
--Will it snow tomorrow? --Yes, sure./No, not at all.
—Is she your sister?—Yes, it is.
'any yes' and 'answer(s)'
'He seems a nice guy.' 'Yes, he does/is.'
'No, there is time.' vs 'Yes, there is time.'
'Yes we're'
'yes, I DO' as an answer to 'need' (modal)
'Yes', how about
‘’Yes,’ I says to ‘er, ‘that’s all very well,’ I says
“Is John ill? He’s lost weight.”, “<Yes> he is rather slender...."
“Why didn’t you ... ?” – <"I did / Yes. It was true".>
[Yes, John is. /Yes, he is] proper noun in a short answers
1 = yes / 2 = no ===>?
a grudging yes
a mouth-yes-mind-no person
A period is needed after "Thank you" here, yes or no?
A question about Yes-or-No
a real howler in July, yes? [from Frozen the movie]
a Yes or No answer
A:you weren't home. B:Yes OR No? I was out.
accomplished 180-degree YES-man
after getting the answer “yes“
Ah yes, nothing says inspiration, strength, honesty and integrity more than Boris
Ah, yes, happily
All right, I'm not going to be shaky when she come over. You feel me? So you're not using it to get a yes.
an, yes, an historian
And the answer is yes.
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