Yes

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adverb 1.2.1 Usage note 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Antonyms 1.2.4 Translations 1.3 Interjection 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.5 Verb 2 Ido 2.1 Adverb

English

Pronunciation

• yes, /jɛs/, /jEs/
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Adverb

yes

1. A word used to show agreement or acceptance.

   Yes, you are correct.

   Yes, you may go to the bathroom now.

2. A word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

Usage note

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 he or she does not. Many languages use a different word for this purpose:

• Dutch: jawel, toch
• German: doch
• French: si

Synonyms

• Dialect or archaic forms: yea, aye, ay
• Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative
• Colloquial or slang forms: yah, yep, yeah, yup

Antonyms

• Standard form: no
• Nautical, military, telecommunications: negative
• Dialect or archaic forms: nay
• Colloquial or slang forms: nah, naw, nope, ixnay

Translations

Alabama: yamá, yamma Arabic: نَعَ٠(náʕam) Aymara: jisa Bikol: oo Breton: ya (1), eo, geo (2) Bulgarian: да Catalan: sí Cebuano: oo Chickasaw: hohmi, ah Chinese: 是（shì), 对(duì), 嗯 (n) (1) Croatian da Czech: ano Danish: ja Dutch: ja Esperanto: jes Estonian: jah Finnish: kyllä French: oui (1), si (2) Garífuna: ayé (used by males), ayí (used by females) Georgian: დიახ (diaχ), კი (ki) German: ja (1), doch (2) Greek: ναι (ne) Guarani: heẽ Hebrew: כן (ken) Hiligaynon: huo Hindi: हाँ (hā̃) Hungarian: igen (1), de igen (2) Icelandic: já Ilokano: wen Interlingua: si Italian: sì Japanese: はい (hai) (1, polite), ええ (ee) (1, polite), うん (un) (1, informal)

Kapampangan: wa Korean: 예 (ye), 네 (ne) Latin: ita, ita vero, sic, recte Latvian: jā Lithuanian: taip Macedonian: da Malay: ya Maléku Jaíka: áo Maori: āe Norwegian: ja Persian: بَلِه (ˈbæleh), آرِه (āréh) Polish: tak Portuguese: sim Quechua: arí Romanian: da Russian: да (da) Sardinian: eja Serbian: да (da) Slovak: áno, hej, no Slovene: ja (1,2), da (1,2) (literary) Spanish: sí, simón (Colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala) Swedish: ja (1), jo (2) Tagalog: oo Tausug: huun Telugu: ఠవును, ఔను Tupinambá: pá (said by men); e'ẽ (said by men and women) Turkish: evet Tzutujil: ken Urdu: ھاں (hā̃) (current standard orthography), ہاں (former optional orthography) Vietnamese: Generically: vâng (North), dạ (South), ờ (informal, akin to yeah) có in response to a question containing có phải in response to a question containing phải rồi in response to a question containing chưa Volapük: si Welsh: ie (ee-ya; commonly used in English, shown as "yeah") Yiddish: יא (yo)

Interjection

yes!

1. Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

Antonyms

• no

Noun

Yes (plural Yeses)

1. An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

   Was that a yes?

2. A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.

   The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

Synonyms

• (1): aye, yea
• (2): yea

Antonyms

• (1): no, nay
• (2): nay

Verb

yes

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To agree with, to affirm.

1. Did he yes the veto?

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Ido

Adverb

yes

1. yesde:yes

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