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Yea vs. Yes

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Yeaadverb

(dated) Yes.

Yesinterjection

Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

‘Our second goal of the match! Yes!’;

Yeaadverb

Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture).

‘The pony was yea high.’;

Yesinterjection

Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.

Yeaconjunction

(archaic) Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

Yesnoun

An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

‘Was that a yes?’;

Yeainterjection

(in some dialects of American English, including Southern, Western, and African American Vernacular) Yeah, right, yes.

Yesnoun

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".’;

Yeainterjection

misspelling of yay

Yesverb

to agree with, affirm, approve.

‘Did he yes the veto?’;

Yeainterjection

misspelling of yeah[http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/yea.html]

Yesverb

(slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

Yeanoun

An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken

Yesadverb

Ay; yea; - a word which expresses affirmation or consent; - opposed to no.

Yeaadverb

Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.

‘Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay.’;

Yesnoun

an affirmative;

‘I was hoping for a yes’;

Yeaadverb

More than this; not only so, but; - used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.

‘I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.’;

Yesinterjection

used to give an affirmative response

‘‘Do you understand?’ ‘Yes.’’;

Yeanoun

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.

Yesinterjection

expressing agreement with a positive statement

‘‘That was a grand evening.’ ‘Yes, it was.’’;

Yeanoun

an affirmative;

‘The yeas have it’;

Yesinterjection

asked at the end of a statement to indicate the expectation of agreement

‘you think I perhaps killed Westbourne, yes?’;

Yeaadverb

not only so, but;

‘I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice’;

Yesinterjection

expressing contradiction of a negative statement

‘‘You don't want to go.’ ‘Yes, I do.’’;

Yeaadverb

yes

‘she has the right to say yea or nay’;

Yesinterjection

used as a response to someone addressing one or trying to attract one's attention

‘‘Oh, Mr Lawrence.’ ‘Yes?’’;

Yeaadverb

used to emphasize a more appropriate word than one just used

‘he was full, yea, crammed with anxieties’;

Yesinterjection

used to question a remark

‘‘It should be easy to check.’ ‘Oh yes? How?’’;

Yeaadverb

variant spelling of yay

Yesinterjection

encouraging someone to continue speaking

‘‘When you bought those photographs …’ ‘Yes?’’;

Yeanoun

an affirmative answer

‘the British government would give the final yea or nay’;

Yesinterjection

expressing great pleasure or excitement

‘plenty to eat, including hot hamburger sandwiches (yes!)’;

Yeanoun

(in the US Congress) an affirmative vote.

Yesinterjection

expressing irritation or impatience

‘‘Is the pain still there?’ ‘Yes, yes, damn you, the pain is always there’’;

Yesnoun

an affirmative answer or decision, especially in voting

‘answering with assured and ardent yeses’;

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