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Word entry · 3 letters

yea

Best crossword clue

"Yes"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /jeɪ/Part of speech adverb, nounSorted aeyStarts with YEnds with A2 cluesVery common crossword word
1Y2E3A

Definitions

  1. Yes, or an affirmative vote.

Word origin

From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā.

Used in a sentence

  • 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […]
  • 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.
  • O stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, yea, more than married are.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Yes3 letters
02Affirmative vote3 letters

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