yes
(noun) an affirmative; “I was hoping for a yes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yes
A word used to show agreement or acceptance.
A word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
• In Old and Middle English, yes was a more forceful affirmative than yea.
• An example of yes used to disagree with a statement: the questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" are answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and "no" if not. Many languages use a specific word for this purpose; see translation table below.
• Dialect or archaic forms: arr, ay, aye, yea, yassuh
• Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative
• Colloquial or slang forms: ya, yah, yeah, yeh, yep, yeppers, yup, yuppers, yus, ahuh, mhm, uh huh.
• See also: yes
• Standard form: no
• Nautical, military, telecommunications: negative
• Dialect or archaic forms: nay
• Colloquial or slang forms: ixnay, nah, naw, nope
• See also: no
• (expression of agreement or acceptance): nod
yes!
Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.
Antonym: no
Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
yes (plural yeses or yesses)
An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
Synonyms: aye, yea, nod
Antonyms: no, nay
A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
Synonyms: aye, yea
Antonym: nay
yes (third-person singular simple present yeses, present participle yessing, simple past and past participle yessed)
(colloquial, transitive) to agree with, affirm, approve.
Synonyms: agree, consent, nod
(slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
• Sey., Sye, eys, sye
Source: Wiktionary
Yes, adv. Etym: [OE. yis, ýis, ýes, ýise, AS. gese, gise; probably fr. geá yea + swa so. sq. root188. See Yea, and So.]
Definition: Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to Ant: no.
Note: Yes is used, like yea, to enforce, by repetition or addition, something which precedes; as, you have done all this -- yes, you have done more. "Yes, you despise the man books confined." Pope.
Note: "The fine distinction between `yea' and `yes,' `nay' and `no,' that once existed in English, has quite disappeared. `Yea' and `nay' in Wyclif's time, and a good deal later, were the answers to questions framed in the affirmative. `Will he come' To this it would have been replied, `Yea' or `Nay', as the case might be. But, `Will he not come' To this the answer would have been `Yes' or `No.' Sir Thomas More finds fault with Tyndale, that in his translation of the Bible he had not observed this distinction, which was evidently therefore going out even then, that is, in the reign of Henry VIII.; and shortly after it was quite forgotten." Trench.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.