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   yes

   /jɛs/

   exclamation

   • 1. used to give an affirmative response: "‘Do you understand?’ ‘Yes.’"
   • ▪ expressing agreement with a positive statement: "‘That was a grand evening.’ ‘Yes, it was.’"
   • ▪ asked at the end of a statement to indicate the expectation of agreement: "you think I perhaps killed Westbourne, yes?"
   • ▪ expressing contradiction of a negative statement: "‘You don't want to go.’ ‘Yes, I do.’"
   • 2. used as a response to someone addressing one or trying to attract one's attention: "‘Oh, Mr Lawrence.’ ‘Yes?’"
   • 3. used to question a remark: "‘It should be easy to check.’ ‘Oh yes? How?’"
   • 4. encouraging someone to continue speaking: "‘When you bought those photographs …’ ‘Yes?’"
   • 5. expressing great pleasure or excitement: "plenty to eat, including hot hamburger sandwiches (yes!)"
   • 6. expressing irritation or impatience: "‘Is the pain still there?’ ‘Yes, yes, damn you, the pain is always there’"

   noun

   • 1. an affirmative answer or decision, especially in voting: "answering with assured and ardent yeses"

   Word Origin Old Englishgēse, gīse, probably from an unrecorded phrase meaning ‘may it be so’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • Y

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   • Yes: Arabic Translation

     YES translate: نَعَم / أجَل, نَعَم / أجَل, نَعَم!. Learn...

   • Yes Spanish Translation

     YES translate: sí, sí, qué, sí, sí, sí, sí, ¿sí?, sí...

   • Yes: Italian Translation

     YES translate: sì, sì, invece sì, si. Learn more in the...

   • Yes: Russian Translation

     YES translate: да , что? да?, нет (выражает несогласие с...

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