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yes (yes)

adverb

  1. aye; yea; it is so: the opposite of no, used to express agreement, consent, affirmation, or confirmation
  2. not only that, but more; moreover [ready, yes, eager to help]

Etymology: ME < OE gese, yes, prob. < gea, yea + si, be it so, 3d pers. sing., pres. subj., of beon, to be: see be

  1. it is so; aye; yea: the opposite of no
  2. Informal good, that's it, I've got it, etc.: spoken emphatically in expressing satisfaction, agreement, pleasure, etc.
  3. what is it? do you wish to say (or add) something?: used in inquiry
  4. is it so?: used in conversation to express polite interest

noun pl. yeses

  1. the act of saying yes; affirmative reply; agreement
  2. an affirmative vote or a person voting this way

transitive verb, intransitive verb yessed, yes·sing

to say yes (to)

yes Synonyms

yes

interj.

surely, of course, certainly, good, fine, aye, true, granted, very well, mais oui (French), all right, O.K., okay, Roger, we copy, affirmative, most assuredly, by all means, agreed, oh yes!, amen, naturally, without fail, just so, good enough, even so, in the affirmative, you bet*, okey-dokey*.