What does YES mean?

Definitions for YES
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word YES.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. yesnoun

    an affirmative

    "I was hoping for a yes"

Wiktionary

  1. yesnoun

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

    Was that a yes?

  2. yesnoun

    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".

  3. yesverb

    To agree with, to affirm, to approve.

  4. yesverb

    To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.

  5. yesadverb

    A word used to show agreement or acceptance.

  6. yesadverb

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

  7. yesinterjection

    Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

    Our second goal of the match! Yes!

  8. Etymology: yes, yis from ġēse, ġȳse, ġīse "yes, of course, so be it", equivalent to gea + sie. Compare yea.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Yesadverb

    A term of affirmation; the affirmative particle opposed to no.

    Etymology: gise , Saxon.

    This were a fit speech for a general in the head of an army, when going to battle: yes, and it is no less fit speech in the head of a council, upon a deliberation of entrance into a war. Francis Bacon.

    Yes, you despise the man to books confin’d,
    Who from his study rails at human kind,
    Though what he learns he speaks. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Yes

    Yes (stylized YES) is a song by Dutch DJ Sam Feldt. It features American R&B singer Akon, was written by Sam Feldt, Thomas Troelsen, Lunchmoney Lewis, and S. Martin and produced by Feldt alongside Troelsen and Kaj Melsen. It was released on 10 August 2017 as the lead single from Feldt's upcoming debut album Sunrise.

ChatGPT

  1. Yes

    Yes is an affirmative response given to affirm or confirm something that has been asked, offered, or suggested. It indicates agreement, approval, or consent to a particular statement, question, or proposal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yesadverb

    ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no

  2. Etymology: [OE. yis, is, es, ise, AS. gese, gise; probably fr. ge yea + sw so. 188. See Yea, and So.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Yes

    yes, adv. ay: a word of affirmation or consent. [A.S. gise, gesegeá, yea, , let it be.]

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  1. yes

    Song lyrics by yes -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by yes on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. YES

    What does YES stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the YES acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. YES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yes is ranked #145220 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Yes surname appeared 114 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Yes.

    53.5% or 61 total occurrences were White.
    33.3% or 38 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    5.2% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
    4.3% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'YES' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #410

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'YES' in Written Corpus Frequency: #47

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of YES in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of YES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of YES in a Sentence

  1. Mark Walker:

    We are a 'yes' if we get both of them. We're 'lean yes' of we get one of them.

  2. President Biden:

    Yes, as well as my Corvette. But as I said earlier this week, people know I take classified documents and classified material seriously, i also said we’re cooperating fully and completely with the Justice Department’s review.

  3. Lloyd Blankfein:

    The answer is kind of a yes with an ellipsis.

  4. Penn Medicine:

    The question then was if you reduce the fat in your tongue, does that improve your sleep apnea ? And the answer from our paper is' yes,'.

  5. Marine Lt. Col. Justin Constantine:

    Yes, I could go out and buy more clubs, but these meant a lot for me.

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