EGAVE

aye

About 2.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Ayere.
  2. adverb Ever, always.
  3. adverb ↑ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “aye”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
  4. interjection Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
  5. interjection A word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.
  6. verb To respond with an "aye".
  7. noun An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
    to call for the ayes and nays
  8. interjection Alternative spelling of ay (question tag).

Similar words

any right sure present well preferred favoured favour yea fine

Often followed by

aye and the to or a in be sir

Word family

ay ayes

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