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YE
Proper noun
YE
Initialism of Young Earth, a form of creationism which proposes that the Earth is no more than a few thousand years old.
Anagrams
• -ey, ey
Proper noun
Ye
Anglicized version of the 42nd most common Chinese surname.
Anagrams
• -ey, ey
Etymology 1
Pronoun
ye personal pronoun
(archaic, outside, Northern England, Cornwall, Ireland, Newfoundland) You (the people being addressed).
(archaic) You, refers to one person addressed.
Usage notes
Ye was originally used only for the nominative case (as the subject), and only for the second-person plural. Later, ye was used as a subject or an object, either singular or plural, which is the way that you is used today. In modern Hiberno-English usage, ye is used as a subject or an object in the plural, to contrast with you (singular).
Synonyms
• (second-person plural): See Thesaurus:y'all
Verb
ye
(obsolete) Address a single person by the use of the pronoun ye instead of thou.
Synonyms
• (address by the pronoun ye): yeet (obsolete)
Antonyms
• (address by the pronoun ye): thou (obsolete)
Etymology 2
Article
ye
(archaic, definite) the
Etymology 3
Interjection
ye
(slang) Yes.
Etymology 4
Pronoun
ye (plural yes)
The Cyrillic Russian letter Е, е.
Anagrams
• -ey, ey
Source: Wiktionary
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