Get to know Yes better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like affirmative.
Yes in a sentence
Related words
Yes meaning
- Used to show agreement or acceptance.
- Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
- Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
Synonyms of Yes
Yes vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Yes
- The main meaning on this page is: Used to show agreement or acceptance. | Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement. | Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
- Useful related words include: affirmative, no.
- Possible Dutch translations are: ja, ja.
- In the example corpus, yes often appears in combinations such as: yes yes, and yes, yes it.
Context around Yes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 4 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yes
- In this selection, "yes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, indoors, society, else, stay, police and listen stand out and add context to how "yes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include yes yes yes, yes yes yes yes yes, say yes and yes bank. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yes" sits close to words such as ice, trip and older, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yes, yes, yes, execute them. (5 words)
Cabbage, parsley, oats, yes, yes, yes. (6 words)
To the commenters: yes! yes! and yes! (7 words)
The Olympic torch relay: Yes, it was long and drawn out, yes, they closed down your high street for a couple of hours and yes, there were claims that some we’re selling their torches on eBay, but what fine build-up and buzz the relay created. (47 words)
Yes, stay indoors, yes be more tightly regulated as a society, Yes, police ourselves with a sense of dread of harming someone else yes, listen to the medical officials and self quarantine, yes, whatever it takes to save lives, yes to it all. (43 words)
Robert Cuccioli makes an appealingly unaffected Caesar: an invader, yes; a colonialist, yes; a man who knows the value of pomp and a crown of laurels, yes; but one wise enough to see his own feet of clay. (38 words)
According to social media right now, the answer is yes, yes, yes! (12 words)
To the commenters: yes! yes! and yes! (7 words)
I was Blessed … Yes, I did some Acid, Yes, I did some Cocaine, Yes, I dabble in a lot of the Party and Drugs, but “I Had Lost A Taste for that Lifestyle! (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Yes, stay indoors, yes be more tightly regulated as a society, Yes, police ourselves with a sense of dread of harming someone else yes, listen to the medical officials and self quarantine, yes, whatever it takes to save lives, yes to it all.
Taft Court membership timeline yes yes yes yes yes yes Jurisprudence further Commerce Clause The Supreme Court, under Taft, posted a conservative record in Commerce Clause jurisprudence.
Bad patch, yes; Underachieving, yes; Under performing, yes; Will it get better, yes.
According to social media right now, the answer is yes, yes, yes!
Cabbage, parsley, oats, yes, yes, yes.
Championships are won yes, with depth; yes, with elite defense; and yes, with good coaching; but supreme offensive talent always moves the needle.
To the commenters: yes! yes! and yes!
That gets me as close to peace - yes, yes, yes.
The deal was considered generous for the owners of Yes Yes Yes, who weren't asked to pay an up-front fee as part of the agreement, which was lodged with Racing NSW.
The Olympic torch relay: Yes, it was long and drawn out, yes, they closed down your high street for a couple of hours and yes, there were claims that some we’re selling their torches on eBay, but what fine build-up and buzz the relay created.
Yes to coffee, yes to brunch, yes to dinner.
Yes, yes, yes, execute them.
But Eustace said Dubious, who has form around Yes Yes Yes and The Bostonian as a two-year-old before pushing Caulfield Guineas favourite Dalasan in the Danehill last start, would be fitter third-up on Wednesday.
Glen Boss returns to scale after riding Yes Yes Yes to victory.
I was Blessed … Yes, I did some Acid, Yes, I did some Cocaine, Yes, I dabble in a lot of the Party and Drugs, but “I Had Lost A Taste for that Lifestyle!
Once we answered yes it’s a durable trend, yes you can make money, and yes we think the competitive landscape will allow independent companies to exist, we picked Lime for several reasons.
Robert Cuccioli makes an appealingly unaffected Caesar: an invader, yes; a colonialist, yes; a man who knows the value of pomp and a crown of laurels, yes; but one wise enough to see his own feet of clay.
Set in the height of the Cold War, this movie sees Wonder Woman take on Cheetah (yes), played by Kristen Wiig (yes, absolutely yes).
The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes with Jockey Glen Boss.
Yes there are kids coming through the ranks and yes he will have to play them and yes that kid is ‘up for none’ because he’s playing Ronnie O’Sullivan!
Phrases with yes
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with yes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- yes yes 116×
- and yes 45×
- yes it 23×
- yes the 17×
- yes to 16×
- the yes 16×
- yes and 15×
- yes you 12×
- yes we 11×
- yes there 10×