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yes
[ yes ]
adverb
- (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement):
Do you want that? Yes, I do.
- (used to express an emphatic contradiction of a previously negative statement or command):
Don't do that! Oh, yes I will!
- (used, usually interrogatively, to express hesitation, uncertainty, curiosity, etc.):
“Yes?” he said as he opened the door. That was a marvelous show! Yes?
- (used to express polite or minimal interest or attention.)
noun
- an affirmative reply.
verb (used with object)
- to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to.
interjection
- (used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)
yes
/ ɛ /
sentence substitute
- used to express acknowledgment, affirmation, consent, agreement, or approval or to answer when one is addressed
- used, often with interrogative intonation, to signal someone to speak or keep speaking, enter a room, or do something
noun
- an answer or vote of yes
- often plural a person who votes in the affirmative
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of yes1
Example Sentences
On any given night, you’re likely to find three generations of partygoers at the club — Gen Z, millennials and Gen X — and yes, straight people are welcomed with open arms.
“That was leaked, so I cannot confirm or deny that, but yes,” he said of the latter adaptation project reportedly starring Sydney Sweeney.
He said yes, that was the "logical consequence of the judgement and the guidance that's come out, that people use the facilities of their biological sex".
But after years of conversations, they have also not given an unequivocal “yes.”
And yes, some people even find ways to use pesto in desserts.
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Is The Plural Of Yes?
Plural word for yes
The plural form of yes is either yeses or yesses, but yeses is more widely used. The plurals of several other singular words that end in -s are also formed the same way, such as bus/buses/busses, gas/gases/gasses, and lotus/lotuses/lotusses.
In some instances, particularly informally, the plural form of yes is written with an apostrophe, as in ’s. This is not considered standard, but it may be easier to understand in some contexts because many people are unfamiliar with the plural form of yes.
The word yes is only pluralized when it is used as a noun rather than in its more common use as an adverb. The word yes as a noun means “an answer or vote of yes” or “a person who votes in the affirmative,” as in The noes outnumbered the yeses.
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