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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
/ jɛs /
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
"It's presumptuous to say that, but I think yes," Biden told the outlet when asked if he would have won in November.
So, yes, this could be an instance of two shows with passionate fanbases crossing the streams for the chance to grow their audiences.
She said yes, then thought about all the other animals that likely needed places to stay.
And yes, we also exploited other countries, chased phantom ideological goals and otherwise betrayed our ideals but this was central to how we organized our tremendous military and economic power in the world.
At the end, Meghan can be heard with one of the couple's children singing: "We love you Guy, yes we do".
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What 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 yes’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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