Meaning

2 senses

  1. (dated, not comparable)Yes, indeed.

    1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […]

  2. (Midwestern US, dated, not comparable)Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement).

More definitions
  • not only so, but

Examples

7 sentences

  1. A pizza? Yea, that works.

    Піца? Так, піде.

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  2. Yea, that's all it is.

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  3. Yea, I guess you can call that a supermarket.

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  4. Adam's sons are limbs of one body, yea, for they're created from the same clay.

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  5. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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Origin

From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā.

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
yes:yesA1yeahA2ayeyepyupyigh
Close in meaning
  • not only so, but:yeah

Antonyms

2 antonyms
naynoA1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yawnB2yayyeahA2yearA1yearbook
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