Merriam-Webster
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YES Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
3 weeks ago - The meaning of YES is —used as a function word to express assent or agreement. How to use yes in a sentence.
Washington State University
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yea / yeah / yay | Common Errors in English Usage and More | Washington State University
“Yea” is a very old-fashioned formal way of saying “yes,” used mainly in voting. It’s the opposite of—and rhymes with—“nay.” When you want to write the common casual version of “yes,” the correct spelling is “yeah” (sounds like “yeh” ).
Is it "Yes"-es, "Yes"es, or "Yes"'s?
While we are here, what is the deal with the increasingly common perception that words ending in vowels somehow need an apostrophe to be pluralized? This seems to be a distinct error from the one where all plurals get apostrophes.
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April 6, 2011Yes
It literally gets added to the dictionary as an "alternate spelling", once it has enough momentum. More on reddit.com
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June 8, 2024Yes ik that's not how you spell her name
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December 23, 2020The Spell "Shout" -- SR: Yes (Object)?
Spell Resistance : The terms "object" and "harmless" mean the same thing for spell resistance as they do for saving throws. A creature with spell resistance must voluntarily lower the resistance (a standard action) in order to be affected by such spells without forcing the caster to make a caster level check. Saving Throws : (object): The spell can be cast on objects, which receive saving throws only if they are magical or if they are attended (held, worn, grasped, or the like) by a creature resisting the spell, in which case the object uses the creature's saving throw bonus unless its own bonus is greater. This notation does not mean that a spell can be cast only on objects. Some spells of this sort can be cast on creatures or objects. A magic item's saving throw bonuses are each equal to 2 + 1/2 the item's caster level. More on reddit.com
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Y E S spells yes. What does E Y E S spell? - YouTube
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Oxford English Dictionary
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yes, adv., n., & int. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
In older usage yes was usually considered to be the proper affirmative reply to a question framed in the negative, whereas yea (yea adv. A.1a) was considered the proper affirmative reply when the question was framed in the positive (cf. sense A.1c); a similar distinction was made between no and nay.
NYTimes
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Wordle — The New York Times
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Reddit
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r/grammar on Reddit: Is it "Yes"-es, "Yes"es, or "Yes"'s?
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I have a column of "Yes"-es. i.e. in every cell there is the word "Yes" in it. How would I describe that column of "Yes"-es ?
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I would just say "the "yes" column" to avoid the confusion but that doesn't really answer your question :3
Dictionary.com
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YES Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
4 days ago - Plural word for yes The plural form of yes is either yeses or yesses, but yeses is more widely used. The plurals of several other singular words that end in -s are also formed the same way, such as bus/buses/busses, gas/gases/gasses, and ...
Forvo
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How to pronounce yes in English - Definition and synonyms of yes in English
yes pronunciation in English [en] Phonetic spelling: jɛs · Accent: British · yes pronunciation · Pronunciation by TopQuark (Male from United Kingdom) Male from United Kingdom · Pronunciation by TopQuark · User information · Follow · 5 votes Good Bad ·
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Collins Dictionary
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YES definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Word forms: plural yesesIn informal English, yes is often pronounced in a casual way that is usually written as yeah.
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Grammarly
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Yea, Yeah or Yay–What's the Difference? | Grammarly
October 6, 2022 - “Yeah” and “yea” are two words you can sometimes use instead of “yes.” “Yay” is something you say when you’re happy or excited.
ProWritingAid
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Yea, Yay, or Nay: What’s the Difference?
March 12, 2022 - The informal version of yea or nay is yeah or nah. These are slang words for yes and no. It’s important to note that yea is pronounced with a long “a” sound. Writing yeah as yea is a spelling error.
LanguageTool
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Yea or Nay—Or Is It Yay?
June 13, 2025 - Yea and yay are homophones, meaning they are pronounced exactly the same but have different meanings and spellings. Yea means yes.
Wiktionary
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yes - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea.
WLKY
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'What does E-Y-E-S spell?' Kentucky man's answer goes viral
October 11, 2017 - Each time, Chris answered “e-yes."Heather said it wasn’t until she wrote it down that he finally figured it out. She said "When he finally figured it out, he was shocked and just laughed."Since she posted the video on her Facebook page, it has been viewed more than 2.3 million times and has been shared more than 35,000 times. WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — ... Heather Partin, of Williamsburg, said she ran across an old YouTube video of a person asking someone to spell E-Y-E-S and decided to try the same trick on her husband, Chris.
Dictionary.com
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What Is The Difference Between "Yea" vs. "Yeah"? - Dictionary.com
February 25, 2021 - While yea (and yes) have been around far longer than the word yeah (it looks like yea and yes can be traced back to the 900s) the sentiment has been around forever. While the three words once meant the same thing, it appears that the H was added on to distinguish the two meanings above and to move the word forward into the new century. There does not seem to be any clear reason for the addition of the H other than maybe to modernize the spelling of yea.
Michelletillislederman
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How to spell "yes" with N-O - Michelle Tillis Lederman
February 10, 2022 - You might instead say something like “Let me look into that first and I’ll let you know,” or “Let me see if that’s possible. If you want to answer with an initial “Yes,” you can use phrases like “Yes if…”, “Yes, when…”, “Yes, after…” Try and stall for time a bit.
Allfreelancewriting
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Yay, Yea, Yeah: What's the Difference?: Grammar Tip
April 2, 2024 - Even Spell Check doesn’t know the difference. It’s a trivial thing, and most people don’t care. But I do. ... Yeah, it’s, like, teenager talk. “Yeah” is pronounced yah-uh. This is not a celebration word. This isn’t something you’d say when a friend has a new grandbaby born on her birthday (as the email I received told me). It’s slang. It means “yes” or “whatever.” Sometimes we even use it with "so" to make it even more casual (or obnoxious), “Yeah, so, I was bored.” Big freakin’ deal.
Substack
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The Word You Want is Spelled Y-E-A-H - by Rebecca Makkai
April 12, 2024 - If you are writing anything other than a very casual text message, the word you’re looking for—the one that sounds like the beginning of “yammer,” the one that indicates a casual “yes,” the one that precedes “Let’s go, Rangers!”—is spelled YEAH.
Spellzone
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yes - an affirmative | English Spelling Dictionary
Find the meaning of 'yes': an affirmative. Learn how to spell 'yes'.
Quora
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Why does the spell 'yes', spell 'eyes' trick work? - Quora
Answer (1 of 4): It’s an anchoring trick, similar to many others that have been passed along. By asking the first question, “what does Y-E-S spell?” you cause the person to make the connection in their brain between the letters “Y-E-S” and the word “yes.” When you then ask the second question, “...
Reddit
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r/etymology on Reddit: Yes
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