yeah

[ yai ]

adverb

, Informal.

1. yes.

yeah

/ jɛə /

sentence substitute

1. See yes
   an informal word for yes

Word History and Origins

Origin of yeah¹

1900–05; variant of yea or yes

Example Sentences

You remember the person, yeah, she’s the one handing off that data to be argued over by Google and advertisers.

From Search Engine Land

All it takes is one person saying, “Oh yeah, I know she’s good.”

From Ozy

You could still steal it, but you’d need several people, and yeah, you’d have to hoist a couple of grocery carts and the bicycle into the back of a van or pickup.

From Popular-Science

The record was released in May, but at the end of July he dropped a deluxe version, which has four new songs and a Wyclef Jean feature — so, yeah, get that one.

From Ozy

But, come to find out, yeah, that’s actually exactly the deal.

From FiveThirtyEight

Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.

From The Daily Beast

Haha, what a sad thing to be great at, but yeah, I guess I am.

From The Daily Beast

Jay is hard to empathize with and his silence suggests that, yeah, something is up.

From The Daily Beast

A lot of people that I supported throughout the years from an IT standpoint said “Yeah Tonie, we already knew!”

From The Daily Beast

But, yeah, Beetlejuice, Scissorhands, and Ed Wood are my favorites.

From The Daily Beast

Yeah, I carried an empty gun, afraid that if it were loaded I'd butcher somebody.

From Project Gutenberg

But as year after year rolled away, Uncle Gambo would still say, "I'se a hun'erd and ten yeah ole."

From Project Gutenberg

"Dis yeah am gettin' ser'us," mused Jethro, leaning against the side of the house in order to think more clearly.

From Project Gutenberg

We done yeah somethin' 'bout dis 'mancyperation befo', but we don' gib no 'count to it, Mis' G'no.

From Project Gutenberg

Yeah, but you never can tell——He stopped his inward battle and forced some spring into his step as he moved toward Logan and Ruiz.

From Project Gutenberg

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