"say yes" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: says yes [present, singular, third-person], saying yes [participle, present], said yes [participle, past], said yes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|say<,,said> yes}} say yes (third-person singular simple present says yes, present participle saying yes, simple past and past participle said yes)
  1. (intransitive, or transitive with to) To agree; to consent to; to accept. Tags: intransitive Translations (Translations): hyväksyä (Finnish), suostua (Finnish), myöntyä (Finnish), vastata myöntävästi (Finnish), sanoa kyllä (Finnish), dire oui (French), przytakiwać [imperfective] (Polish), przytaknąć [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-say_yes-en-verb-4cYHvyNC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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