Usually means: Affirmative response indicating agreement or consent.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. yes: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. yes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. yes: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. yes: Collins English Dictionary
  5. yes: Vocabulary.com
  6. YEs, Ye's, Yes, Yes, ye's, yes, yes: Wordnik
  7. yes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. yes: Wiktionary
  9. yes: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. yes: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. yes: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. yes: Dictionary.com
  13. yes: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. yes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. YES (Lithuania), YES (Lithuanian political party), YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), YES, Yes (Ben & Tan song), Yes (Coldplay song), Yes (Israel), Yes (LMFAO song), Yes (Louisa Johnson song), Yes (McAlmont & Butler song), Yes (Morphine album), Yes (Pet Shop Boys album), Yes (Unix), Yes (Yes album), Yes (album), Yes (band), Yes (company), Yes (disambiguation), Yes (film), Yes (novel), Yes (song), Yes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Yes: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. yes: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. yes: Rhymezone
  19. yes: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. yes: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. YES, Yes, Yes, yes: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. yes: Free Dictionary
  23. yes: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. yes, yes: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. yes: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. Yes: Wordnik

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Computer Glossart and Terminologies (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. YES: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. yes: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yes: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. yes: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Yes (last name), Yes, yes, yes: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
noun:  A vote of support or in favor of something.
verb:  (colloquial, transitive) To agree with, affirm, approve.
verb:  (slang) To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

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