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Synonyms for yon

Grammar : Adv
Spell : yon
Phonetic Transcription : yÉ’n

Top 10 synonyms for yon
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Définition of yon

Origin :
  • Old English geon (adj.) "that (over there)," from Proto-Germanic *jaino- (cf. Old Frisian jen, Old Norse enn, Old High German ener, Middle Dutch ghens, German jener, Gothic jains "that, you"), from PIE pronomial stem *i- (cf. Sanskrit ena-, third person pronoun, anena "that;" Latin idem "the same," id "it, that one;" Old Church Slavonic onu "he;" Lithuanian ans "he").
  • As in yonder : adv faraway
  • As in farther : adv at a greater distance
Example sentences :
  • What is it yon intend to do, and what do you mean by this body of physicians?
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • Will you stay with him—support him—but for a few moments, while I make to yon light?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Do you know an air—I am sure you must know it, "We'll gang nae mair to yon town?"
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • See you yon long-limbed parson on the left—him with the pent-house hat.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Gien he be in yon hole, Kirsty, I'll gang back and intil't my lee lane.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • The moment his eyes fell upon them, he said in his heart, 'Yon's the place for a hoose!
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Cy's a restless critter; been cruisin' hither and yon all his life.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Yon's no shore for an honest man; he being made like a man and not like an eagle.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • "You'll lose the light in ten minutes, and yon's a port I do not like the look of," said he.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • We have no quarrel with yon poor devils nor they with us; but they will find one.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

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