## Meanings
1. Used to show agreement or to give a positive answer.
2. An exclamation of pleasure or approval.
3. A positive answer or a vote in favour of something.

## Examples
- Yes, you are correct.
- Our second goal of the match! Yes!
- The workers voted, and there were thirty yeses and one no.

## Synonyms
- affirmative
- ahuh
- ar
- arr
- ay
- aye
- da
- indeed
- indeedy
- ja
- mhm
- military

## Antonyms
- ixnay
- military
- nah
- nautical
- naw
- nay
- no
- nope

## Derived Forms
- yes-brainer
- yes-huh
- yes-man
- yes-no
- yesman
- yessuh
- yessum

## Related Forms
- yee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: yes
- Root: ġīese

## Etymology
From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea. Compare Faroese júsá (“yes, indeed, certainly”).

## AI Etymology
Yes is from Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea. Compare Faroese júsá (“yes, indeed, certainly”). Important historical forms include Middle English yes, and Old English ġīese. In present-day use, it can mean used to show agreement or to give a positive answer, or a exclamation of pleasure or approval. Derived formations include yes-brainer, yes-huh, yes-man, yes-no, yesman.

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