yes
IPA: jˈɛs
noun
- An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
- A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
verb
- (colloquial, transitive) To agree with, affirm, approve.
- (slang) To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
adverb
- that is correct
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Examples of "yes" in Sentences
- "Yes, yes, _yes_!" came the response from two score eager voices.
- Why, yes -- uneasily one answers, _yes_; but still the case records
- Salvation Army, I needn't be a martyr any longer, but should be saved at once, I would have screamed "Yes -- yes -- _yes_!"
- Incredibly, you can utter the word yes virtually anywhere—from Timbuktu to a multinational space station orbiting beyond the stratosphere—and be understood.
- So anyway, Brooklyn was really nice, once I get back to s’pore im going to see if I can dload those pieces oh yes, and the musical was performed by just 5 pple yes
- Of course I said yes -- _yes_, it would be entirely proper and perfectly splendid, though they might have forgotten to put anything of the sort into books of etiquette.
- Hi Ray,,Eric and I were just discussing EBooks the other day and although the technology is very exciting, there is something about a book, especially one that smells,,yes, yes, Eric and I smell our books.
- "_No_," if as to Taprobane in connexion with Ceylon we say both "_Yes_" and "_No_," -- not the less we come back with a reiterated "_Yes, yes, yes_," upon Ceylon as the crest and eagle's plume of the Indies, as the priceless pearl, the ruby without a flaw, and (once again we say it) as the Pandora of oriental islands.
- "'Rolf,' I said, 'if you could say yes and no, you would be able to talk to us; now, look here! when you want to say _yes_, give us your paw _twice_, and if _no_, then give it _three_ times,' and I at once put this suggestion to an easy test, for I asked him if he would like to be spanked -- and he returned a decided _no_!
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