yes
Part of speech: particle
intj
noun
verb
det
Morphological type: simple
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: yeses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: yesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: yeses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: yesses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: yessing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: yessed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: yessed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Used to show agreement or acceptance.
pos: particle
examples: Yes, you are correct.
Yes, you may go play outside now.
Yes, sir, we have your package right here.
Hi, Jonathan. Are you busy? — Yes, I’m busy.
gloss: Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
pos: particle
examples: It was not my fault we lost the race.
Oh, yes, it was!
gloss: Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
pos: particle
tags: humorous
examples: Do you like cake, or pie?
Yes.
gloss: An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
pos: intj
examples: Our second goal of the match! Yes!
gloss: Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
pos: intj
gloss: Used to ask for more information with a request.
pos: intj
tags: interrogative
examples: I need some help.
Yes?
gloss: An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
pos: noun
examples: Was that a yes?
Yet a woman’s “yes” would have bound him to that other life forever, and made the thought of this savage existence repulsive.
gloss: A vote of support or in favor of something.
pos: noun
examples: The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
gloss: To agree with, affirm, approve.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
transitive
examples: Did he yes the veto?
"That's really what you wanted?" I yessed both; ...
gloss: To say “yes”.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
intransitive
examples: The next day another writer asked us: “Didja hear about So-and-So? Got two hundred and fifty bucks for an idea!” We “yessed” and went our way.
“Heaven knows why a woman ‘Noes’!” / Clarrie nodded glumly. “And why she ‘Yesses’ in the end.”
"[…] Are you—?" / ". . . all right?" / We yessed simultaneously. / "At least, I think so."
gloss: To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
pos: verb
tags: slang
gloss: Countering a statement using the determiner no:
pos: det
tags: humorous
examples: Have you heard this before? "Nintendo 64 has no games!" Well, I did a little researching, and here's what I found: […]
[Message header:] No water... YES WATER! / We have water again!
>> What a silly question, you, momma and the cats.
>
> No cats and she's off-topic here, pest.
Yes cats 4 of them to be exact.
> >sure. try faking it. you better be good at it, atheist.
>
> No need Christian.
yes need atheist.
gloss: Countering a statement using the determiner no:
pos: det
tags: humorous
examples: When our family left graduate school, it was in a cocoon of our own feelings, with college life behind us and the boys excitedly talking about what was “behead of us,” and our car avoiding no parking signs but aiming for “yes parking.”
I lived in a no-pets apartment in a house. And my boyfriend and I broke up (that's another installment, too!), and I grabbed the dog, who was always mine, anyway. And my landlord agreed that it was a yes-pets apartment shortly afterward.
Smoking is banned in restaurants, shops, public hallways and other nongambling parts of casinos; yet it is hard to tell where the no-smoking area ends and the yes-smoking area begins.
Synonyms: arr
ay
aye
yea
yassuh
Nautical
military
telecommunications: affirmative
also: Thesaurus:yes
affirmative
ar
da
indeed
indeedy
ja
oui
uh-huh
yass
yayuh
yepperoni
yeppity
yer
yes
yesh
yessiree
yessum
yiss
yuppity
ya
yah
yeah
yeh
yep
yeppers
yup
yuppers
yus
ahuh
mhm
uh huh
ye-es
See Thesaurus:yay
See Thesaurus:wow
Antonyms: no
Nautical
military
telecommunications: negative
nay
ixnay
nah
naw
nope
also: Thesaurus:no
Related words: och aye
oh ar
oh yeah
oo arr
wye aye
does a bear shit in the woods
does the Pope shit in the woods
is the Pope Catholic
yee
Derived words: say yes
very yes
yes and
yes and amen
yes and no
yes-brainer
yes-huh
yes ma'am
yes-man
yesman
yes man
yes-no question
yes-or-no question
yessuh
yessum
yes, Virginia
yes woman
yes-no
yes to death
yes homo
yes way
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: ааи
roman: aaj
lang: Abkhaz
word: аиеи
roman: ajej
lang: Afrikaans
word: ja
lang: Albanian
word: po
lang: Aleut
word: aang
lang: Southern Altai
word: эйе
roman: eye
lang: Alutiiq
word: aa'a
lang: American Sign Language
word: S@Side Nod
lang: Amharic
word: አዎን
roman: ʾäwon
lang: Western Apache
word: au
lang: Western Apache
word: haʼah
lang: Arabic
word: نَعَم
roman: naʕam
lang: Arabic
word: أَجَل
roman: ʔajal
lang: Arabic
word: إِي
roman: ʔī
lang: Algerian Arabic
word: ايه
lang: Algerian Arabic
word: هيه
lang: Algerian Arabic
word: واه
lang: Cypriot Arabic
word: ye
lang: Arabic
word: أَيْوَة
roman: ʔaywa
lang: Arabic
word: ايوه
roman: ʔaywa
lang: Arabic
word: اه
roman: ā
lang: Arabic
word: إيوه
roman: īwa
lang: Arabic
word: نَعَم
roman: naʕam
lang: Iraqi Arabic
word: إي
roman: ī
lang: Arabic
word: اِيه
roman: ē
lang: Arabic
word: نعم
roman: naʔam
lang: Arabic
word: آه
roman: ʔā
lang: Arabic
word: أيوه
roman: ʔaywa
lang: Arabic
word: نعم
roman: naʔam
lang: Aragonese
word: sí
lang: Aramaic
word: אין
roman: ’ēn
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܝܢ
roman: ’ēn
lang: Armenian
word: այո
roman: ayo
lang: Armenian
word: հա
roman: ha
lang: Aromanian
word: ie
lang: Assamese
word: অঁ
roman: õ
lang: Assamese
word: হয়
roman: hoy
lang: Asturian
word: sí
lang: Aymara
word: jisa
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bəli
lang: Azerbaijani
word: hə
lang: Bashkir
word: эйе
roman: eye
lang: Basque
word: bai
lang: Belarusian
word: так
roman: tak
lang: Belarusian
word: да
roman: da
lang: Bengali
word: হ্যাঁ
roman: hễ
lang: Bengali
word: জি
roman: ji
lang: Bhojpuri
word: हँ
roman: hã
lang: Central Bikol
word: iyo
lang: Breton
word: ya
lang: Bulgarian
word: да
roman: da
lang: Burmese
word: ဟုတ်ကဲ့
roman: hutkai.
lang: Burmese
word: အင်း
roman: ang:
lang: Burmese
word: အေး
roman: e:
lang: Burushaski
word: awá
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: айно
roman: ajno
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: так
roman: tak
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: йо
roman: jo
lang: Catalan
word: sí
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵢⴰⵀ
roman: yah
lang: Chamicuro
word: eje
lang: Chechen
word: хӏаъ
roman: haʔ
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎥᎥ
roman: vv
lang: Chichewa
word: inde
lang: Chickasaw
word: i̠i
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 係 /系
roman: hai⁶
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 唔
roman: m⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 嗯
roman: ng²
lang: Chinese
word: 好
roman: hó
lang: Chinese
word: 是
roman: sī / sǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 是
roman: shì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 對 /对
roman: duì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 啊
roman: à
lang: Choctaw
word: a̱
lang: Comanche
word: haa
lang: Coptic
word: ⲁϩⲁ
roman: aha
lang: Coptic
word: ⲥⲉ
roman: se
lang: Corsican
word: iè
lang: Corsican
word: sì
lang: Czech
word: ano
lang: Czech
word: jo
lang: Danish
word: ja
lang: Dutch
word: ja
lang: Egyptian
word: ti-W-A2
roman: tjw
lang: Esperanto
word: jes
lang: Estonian
word: jah
lang: Estonian
word: jaa
lang: Faroese
word: ja
lang: Fijian
word: io
lang: Finnish
word: kyllä
lang: Finnish
word: joo
lang: Finnish
word: juu
lang: Franco-Provençal
word: ouè
lang: French
word: oui
lang: Old French
word: oïl
lang: North Frisian
word: jåå
lang: Saterland Frisian
word: jee
lang: West-Frisian
word: ja
lang: Friulian
word: sì
lang: Galician
word: si
lang: Garo
word: hoe
lang: Georgian
word: დიახ
roman: diax
lang: Georgian
word: კი
roman: ḳi
lang: Georgian
word: ჰო
roman: ho
lang: Georgian
word: ხო
roman: xo
lang: German
word: ja
lang: Bavarian German
word: jo
lang: Greek
word: ναι
roman: nai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ναί
roman: naí
lang: Greenlandic
word: aap
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: heẽ
lang: Gujarati
word: હા
roman: hā
lang: Halkomelem
word: á:'a
lang: Hebrew
word: כֵּן
roman: ken
lang: Hebrew
word: הֵן
roman: hen
lang: Hiligaynon
word: hoo
lang: Hindi
word: हाँ
roman: hā̃
lang: Hindi
word: जी
roman: jī
lang: Hindi
word: जी हाँ
roman: jī hā̃
lang: Hungarian
word: igen
lang: Icelandic
word: já
lang: Ido
word: yes
lang: Igbo
word: eē
lang: Ilocano
word: wen
lang: Indonesian
word: ya
lang: Interlingua
word: si
lang: Italian
word: sì
lang: Japanese
word: はい
roman: hai
lang: Japanese
word: ええ
roman: ē
lang: Japanese
word: うん
roman: un
lang: Jeju
word: ᄋᆞ
roman: aw
lang: Jeju
word: 예
roman: ye
lang: Kabyle
word: ih
lang: Kaingang
word: hÿ
lang: Kannada
word: ಹೌದು
roman: haudu
lang: Kapampangan
word: ua
lang: Kapampangan
word: ne
lang: Kapampangan
word: o
lang: Kapampangan
word: opu
lang: Kaqchikel
word: ja'
lang: Kazakh
word: иә
roman: iä
lang: Khmer
word: ច៎ា
roman: jaa
lang: Khmer
word: បាទ
roman: baat
lang: Khmer
word: អើ
roman: ’aə
lang: Khmer
word: អឺ
roman: ’əɨ
lang: Khmer
word: ចាស
roman: caah
lang: Khmer
word: ចា៎ះ
roman: caah
lang: K'iche'
word: je'
lang: Konkani
word: व्है
roman: vhai
lang: Korean
word: 네
roman: ne
lang: Korean
word: 예
roman: ye
lang: Korean
word: 응
roman: eung
lang: Korean
word: 어
roman: eo
lang: Middle Korean
word: 에ᇰ
roman: eyng
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئەرێ
roman: erê
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بەڵێ
roman: bellê
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئا
roman: a
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ооба
roman: ooba
lang: Kyrgyz
word: макул
roman: makul
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ийе
roman: iye
lang: Lao
word: ແມ່ນ
roman: mǣn
lang: Lao
word: ແມ່ນແລ້ວ
roman: mǣn lǣu
lang: Lao
word: ໂດຍ
roman: dōi
lang: Latgalian
word: nui
lang: Latgalian
word: tai
lang: Latin
word: etiam
lang: Latin
word: ita
lang: Latin
word: ita vērō
lang: Latin
word: vērō
lang: Latin
word: sīc
lang: Latvian
word: jā
lang: Laz
word: ho
lang: Laz
word: xo
lang: Limburgish
word: jao
lang: Lithuanian
word: taip
lang: Lombard
word: si
lang: Lombard
word: haé
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: wé
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: wi
lang: Low German
word: jo
lang: Luganda
word: yee
lang: Luo
word: ee
lang: Luxembourgish
word: jo
lang: Macedonian
word: да
roman: da
lang: Malagasy
word: eny
lang: Malay
word: ya
lang: Malay
word: ha'ah
lang: Malayalam
word: ശരി
roman: śari
lang: Maltese
word: iva
lang: Mandinka
word: haa
lang: Manx
word: she
lang: Māori
word: āe
lang: Māori
word: ae
lang: Marshallese
word: aaet
lang: Marshallese
word: in̄n̄ā
lang: Marshallese
word: iiūn̄
lang: Marwari
word: हां
roman: hā̃
lang: Mingrelian
word: იახ
roman: iax
lang: Mingrelian
word: ქო
roman: ko
lang: Miskito
word: au
lang: Central Sierra Miwok
word: guˀuh
lang: Southern Sierra Miwok
word: hy·ʔy·
lang: Mongolian
word: тийм
roman: tiim
lang: Motu
word: e
lang: Motu
word: o
lang: Motu
word: oi
lang: Mudburra
word: yuu
lang: Mudburra
word: yuwayi
lang: Nahuatl
word: quemah
lang: Navajo
word: aooʼ
lang: Neapolitan
word: eine
lang: Neapolitan
word: sine
lang: Nepali
word: सही
roman: sahī
lang: Nepali
word: जी
roman: jī
lang: Nepali
word: हाँ
roman: hā̃
lang: Nootka
word: haa
lang: Norwegian
word: ja
lang: Occitan
word: òc
lang: Odia
word: ହଁ
roman: hã
lang: Northern Ohlone
word: hé̄'e
lang: Southern Ohlone
word: gehe
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: ⰵⰹ
roman: ei
lang: Old English
word: ġēa
lang: Old English
word: ġīese
lang: Old Saxon
word: ja
lang: Old Tupi
word: pá
lang: O'odham
word: heu'u
lang: Ossetian
word: о
roman: o
lang: Palauan
word: chochoi
lang: Pashto
word: هو
roman: ho
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: ja
lang: Dari
word: آری
roman: ārē
lang: Dari
word: بَلی
roman: balē
lang: Dari
word: آه
roman: āh
lang: Iranian Persian
word: بله
roman: bale
lang: Iranian Persian
word: آره
roman: âre
lang: Iranian Persian
word: آری
roman: âri
lang: Picard
word: oui
lang: Plautdietsch
word: jo (nds)
lang: Polish
word: tak
lang: Polish
word: no
lang: Polish
word: ano
lang: Polish
word: juści
lang: Polish
word: jo
lang: Polish
word: ja
lang: Portuguese
word: sim
lang: Punjabi
word: ਹਾਂ
roman: hā̃
lang: Punjabi
word: ہاں
roman: hāṉ
lang: Punjabi
word: جِی
roman: jī
lang: Punjabi
word: ہاں جِی
roman: hāṉ jī
lang: Punjabi
word: جْیا
lang: Punjabi
word: آہو
roman: āho
lang: Quechua
word: arí
lang: Rapa Nui
word: eee
lang: Romani
word: va
lang: Romani
word: ova
lang: Romani
word: oja
lang: Romani
word: ja
lang: Romani
word: tam
lang: Romani
word: tàmi
lang: Vlax-Romani
word: ya (Kalderash)
lang: Romanian
word: da
lang: Romansh
word: gea
lang: Romansh
word: gie
lang: Romansh
word: ea
lang: Romansh
word: schi
lang: Romansh
word: hei
lang: Romansh
word: hai
lang: Russian
word: да
roman: da
lang: Russian
word: так
roman: tak
lang: Russian
word: ага́
roman: ahá, agá
lang: Northern Sami
word: juo
lang: Samoan
word: ioe
lang: Sanskrit
word: एवं
roman: evaṃ
lang: Sanskrit
word: आम्
roman: ām
lang: Sardinian
word: eja
lang: Scots
word: aye
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: seadh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: да
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: da
lang: Shor
word: эзе
roman: eze
lang: Sicilian
word: se
lang: Sicilian
word: sì
lang: Silesian
word: ja
lang: Sinhalese
word: ඔවු
roman: owu
lang: Slovak
word: áno
lang: Slovak
word: hej
lang: Slovak
word: no
lang: Slovene
word: dà
lang: Slovene
word: já
lang: Somali
word: haa
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: jo
lang: Spanish
word: sí
lang: Spanish
word: pues
lang: Spanish
word: sí pues
lang: Svan
word: ა̄დუ
roman: ādu
lang: Svan
word: ა̄დვ
roman: ādv
lang: Swahili
word: ndiyo
lang: Swedish
word: ja
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠅꠄ
roman: oe
lang: Tagalog
word: oo
lang: Tagalog
word: opo
lang: Taíno
word: han
lang: Taíno
word: jan
lang: Tajik
word: ҳа
roman: ha
lang: Tajik
word: бале
roman: bale
lang: Tajik
word: оре
roman: ore
lang: Tamil
word: ஆம்
roman: ām
lang: Tamil
word: ஆமாம்
roman: āmām
lang: Taos
word: hą
lang: Tatar
word: әйе
roman: äye
lang: Telugu
word: అవును
roman: avunu
lang: Telugu
word: ఔను
roman: aunu
lang: Thai
word: ใช่
roman: châi
lang: Thai
word: ครับ
roman: kráp
lang: Thai
word: ค่ะ
roman: kâ
lang: Thai
word: ถูก
roman: tùuk
lang: Thai
word: ถูกต้อง
roman: tùuk-dtɔ̂ng
lang: Thai
word: อืม
roman: ʉʉm
lang: Tok Pisin
word: ya
lang: Tok Pisin
word: yes
lang: Tok Pisin
word: yesa
lang: Tongan
word: io
lang: Turkish
word: evet
lang: Turkish
word: he
lang: Turkish
word: ha
lang: Turkmen
word: hawa
lang: Turkmen
word: hä
lang: Turkmen
word: dogry
lang: Turkmen
word: howa (colluqial)
lang: Turkmen
word: owa (colluqial)
lang: Turkmen
word: he (colluqial)
lang: Tuvan
word: ийе
roman: iye
lang: Ukrainian
word: так
roman: tak
lang: Urdu
word: ہاں
roman: hā̃
lang: Urdu
word: جی
roman: jī
lang: Urdu
word: جی ہاں
roman: jī hā̃
lang: Urdu
word: بلیٰ
roman: balā
lang: Urdu
word: بلے
roman: bale
lang: Urdu
word: آرے
roman: āre
lang: Urdu
word: نعم
roman: na'am
lang: Uyghur
word: ھەئە
roman: he'e
lang: Uzbek
word: ha
lang: Uzbek
word: boʻpti
lang: Vietnamese
word: vâng
lang: Vietnamese
word: dạ
lang: Vietnamese
word: phải
lang: Vietnamese
word: ờ
lang: Vietnamese
word: ừ
lang: Volapük
word: si
lang: Walloon
word: oyi
lang: Walloon
word: awè
lang: Walloon
word: åy
lang: Welsh
word: ie
lang: Welsh
word: ia
lang: Winnebago
word: hąąhąʼa
lang: Wiradjuri
word: ngawa
lang: Woiwurrung
word: ngai
lang: Wolof
word: waaw
lang: Wolof
word: waawaaw
lang: Xhosa
word: ewe
lang: Yaghnobi
word: ҳа
roman: ha
lang: Yiddish
word: יאָ
roman: yo
lang: Yoruba
word: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni
lang: Yoruba
word: bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni
lang: Yoruba
word: hẹn
lang: Yup'ik
word: ii-i
lang: Zazaki
word: e (diq)
lang: Zulu
word: yebo
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ʻée
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ʻíi
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ʻē êh
lang: Finnish
word: jes!
lang: Georgian
word: ურა
roman: ura
lang: Georgian
word: ვაშა
roman: vaša
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌾𐌰
roman: ja
lang: Hebrew
word: יש!
roman: yesh!
lang: Irish
word: sea
lang: Japanese
word: よし
roman: yoshi
lang: Japanese
word: やった
roman: yatta
lang: Kapampangan
word: ayua
lang: Kapampangan
word: ayuanaman
lang: Latin
word: eu
lang: Latin
word: euge
lang: Latin
word: iō
lang: Eastern Mari
word: ыгы
roman: ygy
lang: Norwegian
word: yes
lang: Old English
word: gea
lang: Portuguese
word: sim!
lang: Portuguese
word: é!
lang: Portuguese
word: assim!
lang: Portuguese
word: isso!
lang: Portuguese
word: aí!
lang: Russian
word: да!
roman: da
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: tha
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: to!
lang: Slovene
word: to!
lang: Welsh
word: ie'n
lang: Wiradjuri
word: yaala!
lang: Wiradjuri
word: yalu
lang: Spanish
word: dí
lang: Tamil
word: ம்ம்
roman: mm
lang: Vietnamese
word: ơi