| Definitions | | yes |
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noun
- An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
- Was that a yes?
- A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
- The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
Translations: verb (yeses, yessing, yessed)
- (context, colloquial, transitive) To agree with, to affirm.
- Did he the veto?
- (slang) To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.
Translations: adverb
- A word used to show agreement or acceptance.
- Yes, you are correct.
- Yes, you may go to the bathroom now.
- A word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
Translations: - Dutch: jawel, toch, wel (most common)
- French: si(fr)
- German: doch(de)
- Italian: sí¬(it)
- Spanish: sí
- Spanish, sí, simón (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala)
Etymology: gese, ÄÄse, probably from gea, ÄÄa "yes" + sie, sÄe "be it". Compare yea.
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