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yea

/jeɪ/

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What does yea mean?

proper noun

  1. A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.
More meanings (7)

adverb

  1. (dated) Yes, indeed.
  2. (dated) Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement).

conjunction

  1. (archaic, dated) Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

interjection

  1. (dated) Yeah, right, yes.
  2. (dated) Alternative spelling of yeah.
  3. (dated) Misspelling of yay.

noun

  1. (dated) An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken

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IPA pronunciation

/jeɪ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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It is good, also, that we desire of the King a convoy, yea, that he will go with us himself.
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131
"Yea," said Ralph, "and so would I, were it not that my father's trouble and my mother's grief draw me away."
William MorrisThe Well at the World's End: A TaleProject Gutenberg ebook #169
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And he entered the city by another way, yea, by the way which is on the south of the city of Ammonihah.
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17
It is the awful--yea, terrible--symbol of defiance to gods and men who oppose its onward, upward march to the shining goal of light.
Thomas H. Burgoyne; Belle M. WagnerThe Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #1650
Then judge, great lords, if I have done amiss, Or whether that such cowards ought to wear This ornament of knighthood, yea or no?
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100