YES
adverb, noun, plural yes·es, verb, yessed, yes·sing, interjection–adverb
1.
2.
(used to express an emphatic contradiction of a previously negative statement or command): Don't do that! Oh, yes I will!
3.
(used, usually interrogatively, to express hesitation, uncertainty, curiosity, etc.): “Yes?” he said as he opened the door. That was a marvelous show! Yes?
–noun
5.
an affirmative reply.
–verb (used with object)
6.
to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to.
–interjection
7.
(used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)
Origin:
before 900; Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adv. and noun), probably equivalent to gēa yea + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to be)
before 900; Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adv. and noun), probably equivalent to gēa yea + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to be)
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