yes
gb/jˈɛs/ us/jˈɛs/
A1
انگلیسی
~ 200
معنیها
۰ معنی
interjection
A1
action
1
Used to show agreement
Used to say that you agree or accept.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes use 'yes' in places where a simple nod or silence is more natural in English conversation.
هممعنیها
okay (More casual and less emphatic than 'yes'.)
|
certainly (More formal and emphatic than 'yes'.)
متضادها
no (Direct opposite; expresses refusal or disagreement.)
ترکیبهای رایج
yes please
|yes sir
|say yes
موضوعها
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- Yes, I understand what you mean.
- 'Can I borrow your book?' 'Yes, of course.'
- Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- Yes, I like this.
- Yes, you can come.
- Yes, it is my bag.
اسم
A2
entity
2
An affirmative answer
The word 'yes' used as an answer or decision to agree.
الگوی کاربرد:
a yes to [something]
هممعنیها
affirmative (Formal term for 'yes' used in official contexts.)
متضادها
no (Opposite decision or answer.)
ترکیبهای رایج
a definite yes
|get a yes
|say a yes
موضوعها
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- Her smile was the only yes I needed.
- We finally got a yes from the committee.
- His yes changed my life.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- I gave a yes to the plan.
- She said a big yes.
- We need his yes to start.
فعل
informal
B2
action
3
To respond with 'yes'
To say 'yes' to show agreement or permission.
الگوی کاربرد:
to yes [someone]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may not recognize this as a verb form and might avoid using it in speech.
هممعنیها
agree ('Agree' is broader and doesn't require literally saying 'yes'.)
متضادها
refuse (To decline or say no instead of agreeing.)
ترکیبهای رایج
yes someone to death
موضوعها
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- Don't just yes me—tell me what you really think.
- He yessed his boss all day just to stay out of trouble.
- Stop yessing her; she needs honest feedback.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- He yessed me many times.
- She yessed the teacher quickly.
- I will not yes him this time.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
yes
IPA
GB/jˈɛs/
US/jˈɛs/
هجاها و تکیه
yes (۱ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (yes)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: yes
- Plural: yeses
خانوادهٔ واژه
عبارتها
say yes to
1/sˈeɪ jˈɛs tə/
fixed phrase
Agree or give permission
To agree to do something or allow it.
نمونهها
- She finally said yes to the proposal.
- Don't say yes to anything before reading the details.
yes and no
1/jˈɛs ˈænd nˈoʊ/
fixed phrase
Both agree and disagree
Used when your answer is partly yes and partly no.
نمونهها
- 'Do you like your job?' 'Yes and no—it has good parts and bad parts.'
- Yes and no, because it's more complicated than that.
yes man
1/jˈɛs mˈæn/
idiom
informal
Someone who always agrees with their boss
A person who always agrees with a leader or boss without thinking for themselves.
نمونهها
- He's just a yes man who never challenges the boss.
- The company is full of yes men who fear losing their jobs.