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Grammar : Adv
Spell : yes
Phonetic Transcription : yɛs



Definition of yes

Origin :
  • Old English gise, gese "so be it!," probably from gea, ge "so" (see yea) + si "be it!," third person imperative of beon "to be" (see be). Originally stronger than simple yea. Used in Shakespeare mainly as an answer to negative questions. Yes-man is first recorded 1912, American English.
  • adv agreed
Example sentences :
  • Yes—I'm hungry for both, and some of those funny little cakes.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Yes, dearest Philothea; but not till she had first told me of her own marriage with Geta.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Yes, and that young shrimp that was talkin' about 'vintages' and 'trouserings.'
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • What you say in New York—'a damned fine old family,' yes, is it not?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Yes, the bathing-suit does have little touches of red, and red—but this will never do.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Yes, Stephen himself it was, who had quietly walked into the court.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • "Yes," said the captain, drawing from his pocket a large wallet.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Until that ecstasy of release should come, he would do his duty,—yes, his duty.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Yes, Chatterton does; for you may depend on it, by this time he's found out who she is.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • "Yes," said Dick, staring in front of him and speaking in a dull, even voice.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

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