Collocations for "yes"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "yes" in context.
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yes
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a yes in [response, reply]
- a (simple) yes or no will [do, suffice]
- [a convincing, an assured, a hesitant] yes
- the [number, amount, total] of yesses
- a [significant, surprising, low, high] number of yesses
- a large [majority, swathe, percentage] of yesses
- a yes [vote, motion, answer]
- [post, register, submit] a yes vote
'yes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Russian
- Sir
- about
- absolutely
- actually
- ahead
- amusement
- annoyance
- answer
- apparent
- apparently
- approval
- arrangement
- assertion
- aware
- basically
- bleak
- certainly
- clarity
- concept
- conscious
- context
- correct
- course
- curious
- dear
- defense
- definite
- definitely
- definitive
- delight
- delighted
- distinct
- enticing
- equally
- exactly
- fine
- fortunately
- fully
- general
- generally
- gist
- give
- handful
- hassle
- he
- her
- hindsight
- hopefully
- idea