Yes
[jes] or [jɛs]
Definition
(adv.) Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
Edited by Charlene
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Yea, ay, aye.
Checker: Seymour
Definition
adv. ay: a word of affirmation or consent.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- Yes, and then--YOU know, godmother. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, I mean to. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Yes,' said Sam, 'and I vish they'd bring out the have-his-carcase. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Yes, but such care could have been furnished by any one of us. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yes, we went out to get a little air. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Won't you say yes--I will devote my life to making you very happy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Yes, I think you had better. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Yes,' said Lizzie, whose manner was a little troubled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, darling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Oh yes, Friday or Saturday next. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yes, he said, I think that he would rather suffer anything than entertain these false notions and live in this miserable manner. Plato. The Republic.
- Yes; there it lies on its side, dried up; except for its plumage, very like myself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Yes, yes, THAT in particular. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Mauretania: Yes, next Wednesday as ever is. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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