aye C2+ Topic:Communication Also spelled Eea US /aɪ/ UK /aɪ/ See IPA manual Homophones ay /aɪ/ eye /ˈaɪ/ I /aɪ/ Meanings 1 adv yes; an affirmative vote or answer The chair counted the ayes and declared the motion carried. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · yes; an affirmative vote or... yesyeaayaffirmativeyeah ↔ Opposites nonay Word family Related forms ayyea Etymology AI details Of uncertain origin, recorded from the late sixteenth century; perhaps an alteration of yea, or from the pronoun I used to express assent, or from the adverb aye ('ever', from Old Norse ei). Topics Communication External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # aye **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /aɪ/ **IPA (UK):** /aɪ/ ## Meanings 1. yes; an affirmative vote or answer ## Examples - The chair counted the ayes and declared the motion carried. ## Synonyms - yes - yea - ay - affirmative - yeah ## Antonyms - no - nay ## Related Forms - ay - yea ## Etymology Of uncertain origin, recorded from the late sixteenth century; perhaps an alteration of yea, or from the pronoun I used to express assent, or from the adverb aye ('ever', from Old Norse ei). ## AI Etymology Aye is of uncertain origin, recorded from the late sixteenth century; perhaps an alteration of yea, or from the pronoun I used to express assent, or from the adverb aye ('ever', from Old Norse ei). In present-day use, it means yes; an affirmative vote or answer. Related vocabulary includes ay and yea. ## Topics - Communication markdown