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• yes — noun, exclamation ADJECTIVE ▪ resounding ▪ When the people were asked if they wanted the factory, the answer was a resounding yes. ▪ simple VERB + YES ▪ answer …   Collocations dictionary

• Yes, What? — was an Australian radio comedy first broadcast in 1936, and is one of the best known examples of Australian radio drama. Originally called The Fourth Form at St Percy s , it was a comedy set in a school classroom. The program ran for 520 episodes …   Wikipedia

• Yes — Yes, adv. [OE. yis, [yogh]is, [yogh]es, [yogh]ise, AS. gese, gise; probably fr. ge[ a] yea + sw[=a] so. [root]188. See {Yea}, and {So}.] Ay; yea; a word which expresses affirmation or consent; opposed to {no}. [1913 Webster] Note: Yes is used,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• yes and no — spoken phrase used for saying that something is only partly true ‘Were you angry?’ ‘Well, yes and no.’ Thesaurus: ways of saying yessynonym ways of saying nosynonym Main entry: yes …   Useful english dictionary

• yes-no question — /yes noh /, Gram. a question calling for an answer of yes or no, as Are you ready? Cf. WH question. [1955 60] * * * …   Universalium

• yes — O.E. gise, gese so be it!, probably from gea, ge so (see YEA (Cf. yea)) + si be it!, third person imperative of beon to be (see BE (Cf. be)). Originally stronger than simple yea. Used in Shakespeare mainly as an answer to negative questions. Yes… …   Etymology dictionary

• yes-no question — yes′ no′ ques tion n. gram. a question calling for an answer of yes or no, as Has the plane left yet?[/ex] • Etymology: 1955–60 …   From formal English to slang

• yes — ► EXCLAMATION 1) used to give an affirmative response. 2) responding to someone addressing one or attracting one s attention. 3) questioning a remark. 4) expressing delight. ► NOUN (pl. yeses or yesses) ▪ an affirmati …   English terms dictionary

• Yes and no — For other uses, see Yes and no (disambiguation). Yes and no are two words for expressing affirmatives and negatives respectively in English (e.g. Are you hungry? Yes, I am. ). Early Middle English had a four form system, but Modern English has… …   Wikipedia

• yes — yes1 W1S1 [jes] adv spoken ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(answer to question/statement)¦ 2¦(answer to offer/invitation)¦ 3¦(answer to request)¦ 4 yes, but ... 5¦(ready to listen/talk)¦ 6¦(listening)¦ 7¦(excited/happy)¦ 8 oh yes 9¦(emphasis)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• yes — [[t]je̱s[/t]] ♦ yeses (In informal English, yes is often pronounced in a casual way that is usually written as yeah.) 1) CONVENTION You use yes to give a positive response to a question. Are you a friend of Nick s? Yes. ... You actually wrote it… …   English dictionary