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yeah

American  
[yai] / yɛə /

adverb

Informal.

  1. yes.

yeah British  
/ jɛə /

  1. an informal word for yes

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Etymology

Origin of yeah

1900–05; variant of yea or yes

Example Sentences

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It triggers the same thought in other people like, oh yeah they buried my mom in a dress she wouldn’t have liked!

From Los Angeles Times

"I remember being in Ponty in the opticians and people were saying 'are you filming with that Colin Firth?' and I was like 'sort of yeah'," she told Lewis in January.

From BBC

"I've had to push through, be strong, have good mentors. And yeah, I felt like giving up many times."

From Barron's

So, yeah, I'm definitely well aware of it and we want to carry it on.

From BBC

And there was some paradox he remembered hearing about, something about a grandmother—oh, yeah, time travel had to be impossible because, otherwise, you could go back in time and kill your own grandmother.

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