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To be completely familiar with what you are asking...yes |yes| exclam. 1 used to give an affirmative response: “Do you understand?” “Yes.” • expressing agreement with a positive statement just made: “That was a grand evening.” “Yes, it was.” • expressing contradiction of a negative statement: “You don't want to go.” “Yes, I do.” 2 used as a response to someone addressing one or otherwise trying to attract one's attention: “Oh, Mr. Lawrence.” “Yes?” 3 used to question a remark or ask for more detail about it: “It should be easy to check.” “Oh yes? How?” • asked at the end of a statement to indicate the expectation of agreement: you think I perhaps killed Westbourne, yes? 4 encouraging someone to continue speaking: “When you bought those photographs …” “Yes?” 5 expressing delight: plenty to eat, including hot roast beef sandwiches (yes!). noun ( pl. yeses or yesses ) an affirmative answer or decision, esp. in voting: answering with assured and ardent yeses. PHRASES yes and no partly and partly not: “Did it come as a surprise to you?” “Yes and no.” ORIGIN Old English g?se, g?se, probably from an unrecorded phrase meaning ‘may it be so.’
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