Definitions for yes

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IPA: /yɛs/

Yes is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 9 anagrams from letters in yes (esy).

Definitions for yes

noun

1. an affirmative reply.

adverb

1. (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement):
2. (used to express an emphatic contradiction of a previously negative statement or command):
3. (used, usually interrogatively, to express hesitation, uncertainty, curiosity, etc.):
4. (used to express polite or minimal interest or attention.)

interjection

1. (used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)

verb (used with object)

1. to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to.

Origin of yes

before 900; Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adv. and noun), probably equivalent to gēa yea¹ + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to b

Examples for yes

And that may well be what is happening in the Barnett Shale region around, yes, Dallas and Irving.

yes, dearest Philothea; but not till she had first told me of her own marriage with Geta.

yes, we do typically do better than Europe (and Canada, too, which is frequently awful on this score).

yes, the bathing-suit does have little touches of red, and red—but this will never do.

yes, and that young shrimp that was talkin' about 'vintages' and 'trouserings.'

But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.

yes—I'm hungry for both, and some of those funny little cakes.

And yes, our values include tolerance of those who wish to make fun of religion.

And yes, someone has already called Spencer a “Small Fry,” har har.

What you say in New York—'a damned fine old family,' yes, is it not?