yes
an affirmative
How often you will meet it
Rank 175 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 136,254 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.065% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an affirmative I was hoping for a yes
yes in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Yes; no Verney in the Middle Shell.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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But his son and his trees--ah, yes, they would help.
The Valley of the Giants · Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne · Chapter 1
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Yes, that merry crew--who had so often roasted him--had been roasted by the Indians!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Yes, they were the very same features that I had seen, first at Naukratis and then in Theodorus' workshop, they were .
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1