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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
Conlon supplies grace and, yes, a glowing spirituality, in the orchestra.
“You’ve got to sublimate yourself, your ego, and yes, your identity. You must stand in front of the public and God and obliterate yourself.”
This season, the answer is a resounding yes, with Roosevelt setting the standard of excellence and having one final game to prove it to the rest of California.
It is also unclear what the Trump team is willing to do to convince Vladimir Putin to say yes.
"We'll take this offer now to the Russians and we hope they'll say yes to peace. The ball is now in their court," he added.
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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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