informal
: yes
"Are you ready?" "Yeah, I'm ready."
"Do you want to come?" "Yeah, sure."
Oh yeah, I gotta vote.—
Harper's
Harper's"Is that one the dressing room?" asked Bean, pointing to the section with the dresser and the folding screen. "Yeah."—Annie Barrows
Annie Barrows"At first I was all, 'Me? A hero?' And then I got to thinking about it and I realized that, yeah, I am a hero …"—Rob Long
Rob LongYeah, yeah, yeah, you're a beautiful lover.—Irvine Welsh
Irvine WelshYeah, it comes from classical music, but it comes from other places, too …—David M. Yaffe
David M. YaffeWhen the cowboy would say something like, "Things are quiet around here tonight," she would join in with, "Yeah, too quiet," right on cue.—Betsy Byars
—often used sarcastically in phrases like yeah, right and yeah, sure to express doubt or disbeliefBetsy Byars"I'm a really big fan," gushed [Al Gore]. "Yeah, right," sneered Miss Love.—Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn… she claims technologies like peer-to-peer file swapping are about to put record companies out of business. Yeah, right.—Smart Business
Smart BusinessA "Yeah, sure," reaction from many in the archaeological community to gaudy claims about Warm Mineral Springs was not surprising.—John Skow
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“Yeah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeah. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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