yes

Definition of yes in English English dictionary: To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing; To agree with, to affirm
Did he yes the veto?.; Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement; An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance
Was that a yes?.; 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.; A word used to show agreement or acceptance
Yes, sir, we have your package right here.; A word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement
Oh, yes, it was!.; {i} aye, yea; affirmative reply; politeness You use yes, usually followed by `but', as a polite way of introducing what you want to say when you disagree with something the previous speaker has just said. `She is entitled to her personal allowance which is three thousand pounds of income.' --- `Yes, but she doesn't earn any money.'; {a} a term of affirmation, yea, truly, verily; The only answer that carbon colour know when asked the question 'can you do it?'; yes In informal English, yes is often pronounced in a casual way that is usually written as yeah; A label given to a PushButton in some DialogBoxes that performs the action of answering "yes" and closing the DialogBox; si; You use yes to indicate that you had forgotten something and have just remembered it. What was I going to say. Oh yeah, we've finally got our second computer; Application errors are detected and handled in some predictable way Typically, ``predictable'' means that the error model is the same as a reference for the target architecture; yea, aye; indeed?, truly?; indicates that the COBOL II environment should be initialized when IGZERRE is present in the application program load module; sim sieng no não naoeng maybe talvez talveesh; if the role was granted with ADMIN OPTION; otherwise NO; You use yes to show that you are ready or willing to speak to the person who wants to speak to you, for example when you are answering a telephone or a knock at your door. He pushed a button on the intercom. `Yes?' came a voice Yes, can I help you?; You use yes to indicate that you agree with, accept, or understand what the previous speaker has said. `A lot of people find it very difficult indeed to give up smoking.' --- `Oh yes. I used to smoke nearly sixty a day.' `It's a fabulous opportunity.' --- `Yeah. I know.'; an affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes; Yesterday Naam Eeyeh El Barah; You use yes to tell someone that what they have said is correct. `Well I suppose it is based on the old lunar months isn't it.' --- `Yes that's right.' `That's a type of whitefly, is it?' --- `Yes, it is a whitefly.' no; Ay; yea; a word which expresses affirmation or consent; opposed to no; KEN; You use yes to give a positive response to a question. `Are you a friend of Nick's?' --- `Yes.' `You actually wrote it down, didn't you?' --- `Yes.' Will she say yes when I ask her out? no; emphasis You use yes to emphasize and confirm a statement that you are making. He collected the £10,000 first prize. Yes, £10,000; if the partition belongs to a Local index on a table partitioned using Composite method; NO otherwise; You use yes to encourage someone to continue speaking. `I remembered something funny today.' --- `Yeah?'; ae you: (singular subject) i (plural subject) o (singular object) sot (plural object) rot young: ala; an affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes"; feelings You can use yes to suggest that you do not believe or agree with what the previous speaker has said, especially when you want to express your annoyance about it. `There was no way to stop it.' --- `Oh yes? Well, here's something else you won't be able to stop.'; vagueness You say yes and no in reply to a question when you cannot give a definite answer, because in some ways the answer is yes and in other ways the answer is no. `Was it strange for you, going back after such a long absence?' --- `Yes and no.'. yeses yesses a vote, voter, or reply that agrees with an idea, plan, law etc; You use yes to accept an offer or request, or to give permission. `More wine?' --- `Yes please.' `Will you take me there?' --- `Yes, I will.' `Can I ask you something?' --- `Yes, of course.' no; Indicates the pipeline has on some part of its length a concrete coating This does not indicate that a coating will be present over the whole length of the pipeline E g This is generally used in the North Sea to help prevent the pipeline being snagged by fishing nets; You use yes to say that a negative statement or question that the previous speaker has made is wrong or untrue. `That is not possible,' she said. `Oh, yes, it is!' Mrs Gruen insisted `I don't know what you're talking about.' --- `Yes, you do.'; yeah; ay; yis; full-text; yep; Affirmative; read only; hai; {ü} aye; mhm; yi; yup; yea; yay; ja
yes and amen: An emphatic agreement
yes man: A person who always agrees with his employer or superior
Rice is a yes man, says one former top government official. She thinks her job is just to figure out what the president is trying to say and then to say it more articulately..
yes men: plural form of yes man
yes to death: To agree with someone, often sarcastically
I was yessed to death.
yes way: Indicates defiance of a previously said no way
yes'm: yes madam
yes-huh: Used to assert a statement that has just been denied by another, especially where that denial took the form of "nuh-uh"
yes-man: Alternative spelling of yes man
yes-men: Alternative spelling of yes men. plural form of yes-man
yes-no question: A type of question that can only be answered by yes or no and so does not allow for elaboration or detail
To make it clear for the jury, I will ask you a simple yes-no question. Did you or did you not enter the house on the night of the 15th?.
yes/no question: Alternative form of yes-no question
yes siree: {ü} yes indeed!
yes and no: maybe (expression used to express ambivalence)
yes and no man: hesitater, indecisive person
yes man: person who agrees to everything, person who works to please others
yes man: One who slavishly agrees with a superior
yes sir: {ü} yes indeed!
yes-man: disapproval If you describe a man as a yes-man, you dislike the fact that he seems always to agree with people who have authority over him, in order to gain favour. yes-men someone who always agrees with and obeys their employer, leader etc in order to gain some advantage - used to show disapproval
yes-no question: a question that can be answered by yes or no
his yes man: person who always agrees and never criticizes him
said yes: agreed, answered affirmatively
say yes: agree to marry, answer affirmatively
saying yes: agreeing, answering affirmatively
yeses: plural of yes
yessed: past of yes
yessing: present participle of yes

Turkish - English

Definition of yes in Turkish English dictionary
efendim! Yes!/Sir!/Madam!/Ma'am!/Miss!: (used as a reply to someone who has called one's name and as a substitute for "Hello!" when answering the telephone). E

yes

Turkish pronunciation

yes

Synonyms

ay, aye, yea, yassuh, affirmative, ya, yah, yeah, yeh, yep, yeppers, yup, yuppers, yus, ahuh

Antonyms

no, negative, nay, ixnay, nah, naw, nope, disagreed

Pronunciation

/ˈyes/ /ˈjɛs/

Etymology

[ yes ] (adverb.) before 12th century. Middle English yes, yis from Old English ġēse, ġȳse, ġīse "yes, of course, so be it", equivalent to ġēa (“yes", "so”) + sī(e) (“be it”). Compare yea.