dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/yes_MW.json
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{
"yes":{
"antonyms":[
"affirmative",
"yea"
],
"definitions":{
": an affirmative reply : yea":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"yes , I'll be ready for the test tomorrow",
"Noun",
"We need a yes to go ahead with the project.",
"She answered all the questions with yeses and nos.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Bourbon is the specialty pour here which justifies the 10, yes 10, old fashioneds on the cocktail menu (and this being LA, there are a couple of sunny Mexican spins on the drink, including a tequila, agave, grapefruit bitter version). \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 7 Apr. 2017",
"The name Fly on the Wall Entertainment is a nod to [Big Brother], yes ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So often, CEOs are surrounded by corporate yes -men. \u2014 Christian Schuh, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"After 200 negative responses, Shufelt finally got a yes from John Walker, the head brewer at Second Street Brewery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. \u2014 Outside Online , 31 July 2019",
"Though contestant Sam Moss only earned a yes from Perry during her first audition in Austin, Texas, the judge believed in her so much Perry brought Moss back a month later to audition again in Nashville to prove Bryan and Richie wrong. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Immediately after businessman Joe O'Dea offered the group's only explicit no, state Rep. Ron Hanks, long a vocal promoter of false claims about the election, delivered an enthusiastic yes . \u2014 Daniel Dale, CNN , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Again, the conversation didn\u2019t last long \u2014 but this time the answer was an emphatic yes . \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1712, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English g\u0113se":"Adverb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yes"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"aye",
"ay",
"exactly",
"OK",
"okay",
"okeydoke",
"okeydokey",
"yea",
"yeah",
"yep",
"yo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210442",
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"yesterday":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": on the day last past : on the day preceding today":[],
": at a time not long past : only a short time ago":[
"I wasn't born yesterday"
],
": the day last past : the day next before the present":[],
": recent time : time not long past":[],
": past time":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ye-st\u0259r-(\u02cc)d\u0101",
"-d\u0113",
"\u02c8ye-st\u0259r-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"auld lang syne",
"history",
"past",
"yesteryear",
"yore"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"It rained heavily yesterday afternoon.",
"I mailed the application early yesterday morning.",
"It was good to see you yesterday .",
"Noun",
"Yesterday 's game was canceled because of the rain.",
"The radio program features yesterday's songs as well as today's.",
"Today's cars aren't all that different from the models of yesterday .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Tesla issued its fourth price hike of the year yesterday (June 15), raising the starting cost of several versions of the Model 3, Y, S, and X about 5% each. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"Hockley said the tragedy at Sandy Hook feels like just yesterday most days. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 28 May 2022",
"Former Michigan State basketball star Adreian Payne was shot and killed early yesterday morning in Orlando. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"While Smith\u2019s and Rock\u2019s encounter circulated as the number one topic in the digital world yesterday , Fashion Nova entered the chat with a timely, yet insensitive promotional message. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 29 Mar. 2022",
"In a Zoom call yesterday with some 300 U.S. lawmakers, Zelenskyy also said a ban on purchasing Russian oil would have greater impact than other economic sanctions. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Mar. 2022",
"The Sports Illustrated supermodel dressed in head-to-toe black yesterday while out for a stroll in New York City. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Kaisa\u2019s bond due November 22nd, 2021 jumped $0.04 to $34.17 after hitting a 52 week low yesterday of $30.12. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Asian equities had a strong day following yesterday \u2019s strong US equity market performance. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English yisterday , from Old English giestran d\u00e6g , from giestran yesterday + d\u00e6g day; akin to Old High German gestaron yesterday, Latin heri , Greek chthes":"Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144451"
},
"yesterday's news":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": something or someone that was popular once, but is not popular now":[
"That actor is yesterday's news ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164640"
},
"yester":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to yesterday":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ye-st\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1520, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004002"
},
"yesterdayness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality of being yesterday":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031707"
},
"yest":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"yesterday":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yest"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062249"
},
"yeso":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": gypsum":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0101(\u02cc)s\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from Latin gypsum":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094413"
},
"yes-man":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yes-\u02ccman"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175120"
},
"yestereve":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": on the evening of yesterday":[],
": the evening of yesterday : the evening last past":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8yest\u0259\u00a6r\u0113v"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"yester- (as in yesterday ) + eve or even or evening":"Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175937"
},
"yesteryear":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": last year":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ye-st\u0259r-\u02ccyir"
],
"synonyms":[
"auld lang syne",
"history",
"past",
"yesterday",
"yore"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The \u2018command and control\u2019 management style is a thing of yesteryear . \u2014 Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"The visual sees Sanchez singing the classic track inside a convertible while a Monroe-looking songstress sits on the back of the car before switching scenes on the TV set, just like the music-makers of yesteryear would on live TV. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 28 June 2022",
"These projects have gone mainstream in ways that fans of yesteryear could only have dreamed of. \u2014 Andrew Liptak, The Week , 28 June 2022",
"But as every election cycle passes and Orange County becomes more diverse, the old-school O.C. conservative becomes more and more a relic of yesteryear . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Gone are the lazy southern Carroll County summers of yesteryear . \u2014 Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun , 19 June 2022",
"The craggy 59-year-old of today is infused with the collective memory of the handsome heartthrob of yesteryear . \u2014 Rhonda Garelick, New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Her designs are sensual yet tasteful, and modern with a hint of yesteryear . \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"While the automats of yesteryear are gone, the devotion to fast food remains \u2014 but there\u2019s been a shift. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"yester day + year":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175941"
},
"yesternight":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": on the night last past":[],
": the night last past":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ye-st\u0259r-\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English gystran niht , from giestran yesterday + niht night":"Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"1513, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182519"
},
"yestermorn":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": on the morning of yesterday":[],
": the morning of yesterday : the morning of the day last past":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8yest\u0259r\u00a6m\u022f(\u0259)rn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"yester- (as in yesterday ) + morn or morning":"Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182922"
},
"yes, thanks":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182924"
},
"yestern":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": yester":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yest\u0259(r)n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"by alteration":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225218"
},
"yes, indeed":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": certainly":[
"\u2014 used as more emphatic affirmative reply than \"yes\" alone \"Do you know him"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235122"
},
"Yesilkoy":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town in Turkey in Europe on the Sea of Marmara west of Istanbul":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccye-(\u02cc)sh\u0113l-\u02c8k\u022fi"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-063300"
},
"yestreen":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": last evening or night":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ye-\u02c8str\u0113n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English (Scots) yistrevin , from yister day + evin evening, alteration of Middle English even":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1773, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-064624"
},
"Yesil Irmak":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"river in northern Turkey in Asia flowing north into the Black Sea":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u0259-\u02c8sh\u0113l-ir-\u02c8m\u00e4k"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172220"
},
"yeshiva bocher":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": bahur":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish yeshive bokher , literally, yeshiva youth":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-001337"
},
"yeshiva":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a school for talmudic study":[],
": an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary":[],
": a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u0259-\u02c8sh\u0113-v\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2005, Rabbi Krauss accomplished a lifelong dream of settling in Israel, choosing to teach at a yeshiva in Jerusalem. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Chaim\u2019s father was appointed head of a yeshiva for older teenage boys while Chaim studied at the Lomza Yeshiva, in the nearby town of Petach Tikva. \u2014 Joseph Berger, New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The Orthodox presence grew further with the arrival of Rabbi Yehoshua Fromowitz in the summer of 2008 to form a kollel ( yeshiva for married men). \u2014 Howard Riell, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Apr. 2021",
"The Volozhin yeshiva set the standard for subsequent Jewish academies in Eastern Europe. \u2014 Zev Eleff, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Buchdahl traveled to Jerusalem two years ago to study at a yeshiva there, the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The elder Kahn had studied at a yeshiva in the White Russian town of Lubavitch, which was the seat of the Hasidic dynasty until it was abandoned with the onset of World War I. \u2014 New York Times , 26 July 2021",
"Tauber, 19, was a Monsey resident who went to Israel four weeks ago to study the Talmud at a yeshiva there, Weissmandel said. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2021",
"One of the victims was Donny Morris, a 19-year-old from New Jersey studying in an Israeli yeshiva this year. \u2014 Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com , 4 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Hebrew y\u0115sh\u012bbh\u0101h":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060733"
},
"yes and no":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125652"
},
"yesty":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"yesterday":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150355"
},
"yes, yes":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010743"
}
}