yes

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Also spelled Yaas, Ye-es, Yus, and yéss

US /jɛs/ UK /jɛs/ See IPA manual

Freq #71

Meanings

1

intj
Used to show agreement or to give a positive answer.

Yes, you are correct.
2

intj
An exclamation of pleasure or approval.

Our second goal of the match! Yes!
3

noun
A positive answer or a vote in favour of something.

The workers voted, and there were thirty yeses and one no.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 noun · a positive answer or a vote... yea aye

More affirmativeahuhararray da indeed indeedyjamhmmilitary

Opposites

ixnaymilitarynahnautical naw nay no nope

Word family

Forms yesesyesses

Derived forms yes-braineryes-huhyes-manyes-noyesmanyessuhyessum

Related forms yee

Appears in

Proverbs (1)

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Yes, we can

Tongue twisters (1)

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Windmills and the Millwheel
To the windmills said the millwheel: “As the wind wills do you still wheel?” “Yes, we still wheel when the wind wills!” To the millwheel said the windmills.

Wind here means moving air and rhymes with pinned. Contrast the vowel in will with the longer vowel in wheel, keeping the final /l/ in both.

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”).

yes Middle English ġīese Old English

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# yes

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** intj, noun
**IPA (US):** /jɛs/
**IPA (UK):** /jɛs/
**Frequency rank:** 71

## 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.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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