Meaning & use
aye
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Yes, used especially to indicate agreement or to give an affirmative vote.
See it in a sentence
"All in favor say aye," the chairperson announced, and a chorus of ayes followed.
The old sailor answered every order with a quick "aye, aye, captain."
A note on using this word
Aye survives mainly in formal voting procedures ("the ayes have it") and in nautical or dialectal speech; it sounds old-fashioned in everyday conversation.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A vote in favor of a motion.
The measure passed with forty ayes and twelve nays.
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