yes
/jɛs/ verb C2- To agree with, affirm, approve. · Did he yes the veto?
- To say “yes”.
- To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
He/she/it yeses · Past yessed · Past participle yessed · -ing form yessing
Verb forms
- Base form
- yes
- He/she/it
- yeses
- Past
- yessed
- Past participle
- yessed
- -ing form
- yessing
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“Yes, my dear father,” replied Edmond, smiling at his father’s astonishment at the excessive honor paid to his son.
“Yes, but to be captain one must do a little flattery to one’s patrons.”
‘You at Marseilles?’—‘Yes,’ says he.
“Yes, to be sure I am.
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