Meaning

3 senses
  1. An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.

    Our second goal of the match! Yes!

    ja

    да!da

  2. Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.

  3. (interrogative)Used to ask for more information with a request.

    I need some help. Yes?

Examples

1904 sentences
  1. We want Tom to say yes.

    Ми хочемо, щоб Том сказав "так". — deniko

    ruМы хотим, чтобы Том сказал да. — marafon

    deWir wollen, dass Tom ja sagt. — Felixjp

  2. Tom wants Mary to say yes.

    Том хоче, щоб Мері сказала так. — deniko

    ruТом хочет, чтобы Мэри сказала да. — Olya

    deTom möchte, dass Maria ja sagt. — Felixjp

  3. Is that a yes or no?

    Це "так" чи "ні"? — deniko

    ruЭто значит "да" или "нет"? — shanghainese

    deHeißt das ja oder nein? — MUIRIEL

  4. Tom is going to say yes.

    Том скаже так. — deniko

    ruТом скажет да. — odexed

  5. Tom is hoping Mary will say yes.

    Том сподівається, що Мері скаже так. — deniko

    ruТом надеется, что Мэри скажет да. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement — see also yay, whoo, yippee:

Origin

From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived

From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea. Compare Faroese júsá (“yes, indeed, certainly”).

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
surelyB1affirmativeSee Thesaurus:yaySee Thesaurus:wow

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • say yes
  • said said yes
  • to say yes
  • said yes
  • will say yes
  • answer is yes
  • yes or no
  • yes of course
  • would say yes
  • a yes or
  • say yes but
  • just say yes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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