Aye

Word AYE
Character 3
Hyphenation aye
Pronunciations /aɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Aye"

What do we mean by aye?

Always; ever. adverb

An affirmative vote or voter. noun

Yes; yea. adverb

See ay.

An affirmative answer or vote in deliberative bodies. noun

See ay.

Yes; yea: a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question: opposed to no.

Yes; yea; even so; truly: indicating assent to what has been said, and introducing a further or stronger statement.

Indeed: suggesting slight surprise, interrogation, anger, or reproach, or simple attention, according to the mode of pronunciation.

See ey. noun

Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc. adverb

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative noun

Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time. adverb

; forever; eternally. adverb

Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. interjection

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative. noun

Ever, always adverb

Ever, always

Synonyms and Antonyms for Aye

The word "aye" in example sentences

After all, the Aye-aye is more dangerous than the pygmy mouse lemur. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She stays up all night reading André Gide ( "Gide and I have attained such perfect intellectual communion," she writes, "that I experience the appropriate labor pains for every thought he gives birth to!"), uses the word aye unironically, and nearly wears the needle off her turntable playing Mozart records. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His argument seems to hang on the pronunciation of the word aye meaning ` yes. ' ❋ Unknown (1984)

No pie-in-the-sky upside future of Major League Soccer, (which looks stupid simply seeing the words), lifts the 'aye'-voting hand as much as such threats as' knowing where you live 'or' holding your kid hostage. ' ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I think I am no longer far from the gods; aye, that is the dwelling of Zeus, I perceive. ❋ Unknown (2000)

In 1985, by some sort of journalistic accident I was sent to Madagascar with Mark Carwardine to look for an almost extinct form of lemur called the aye-aye. ❋ Adams, Douglas, 1952- (1990)

I studied how to persuade them that the Palatines had not joined with the English at all; that these words ja, ja, were not German but a rough English word, aye, aye, which is otherwise a good English word meaning yes, that is, ja. ❋ Unknown (1920)

For example, a Christian wrote to me about an animal called the aye-aye. ❋ Robert Blatchford (1897)

They love -- aye, that is sure -- but the money divides their hearts, and that is foolish. ❋ Fergus Hume (1895)

"Aye, aye, that is very pretty talking -- but it won't do -- the Doctor is the man, I see." ❋ Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 (1833)

"St. Agata, aye, that is the village on the heights; I passed a night there myself, in the house of one Maria Giuntotardi --" ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

For some residents of the African island nation of Madagascar, encountering the tiny mammal called the aye-aye is as bad as meeting death itself. ❋ Rosie (2010)

(March 27) -- For some residents of the African island nation of Madagascar, encountering the tiny mammal called the aye-aye is as bad as meeting death itself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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