Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adv
Yes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, India, Malaysia, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, UK, US, not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
intj
An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Alternative form of Jah more closely representing the Hebrew pronunciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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pron
Pronunciation spelling of you.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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History
An alternative pronunciation, equivalent of yeah and yes.
Transliteration of Hebrew יָהּ (Yāh)
From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use.
From you.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
