Sekirov Dictionary

yea

/jeɪ/

adverb 2
conjunction 1
exclamation 1
noun 1
forms 1

adverb2

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(old-fashioned) yes, truly, used to agree that something said is true
- Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […] — 1597
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(Midwestern-US) Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement).
- This kid... What'd he look like? / Well, he was about yea high. You know, tiny like. I didn't get a good look at him, though. He was back in the kitchen. — 2016

conjunction1

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(no longer used) Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
- O stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, yea, more than married are. — 1633

exclamation1

(US, Southern-US) Yeah, right, yes.

noun1

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An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken
- Recently senators could fax in their yeas or nays to the committee chairman. — 2009

forms

yeas

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