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yes and no

yes and no phrase: an answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer.

Phrase

yes and no

  1. An answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer
    • Is she happy? — Yes and no, hard to say.
    • Have you been to Paris? — Yes and no. I've been to the airport, but didn't get to see the city.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yes, and, no.
    • You can only use yes and no answers.

yes and no meaning in Arabic

yes and no in Arabic

indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer
نَعْم وَلَا naʕm walā, بَلَى وَنَعْم balā wanaʕm

Questions about yes and no

What does yes and no mean?
Yes and no means an answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer.
What is yes and no in Arabic?
Yes and no in Arabic is نَعْم وَلَا (naʕm walā), بَلَى وَنَعْم (balā wanaʕm). See Yes and no meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is yes and no?
Yes and no is a phrase.

Words near yes and no in the dictionary

  1. Yerxa
  2. yery
  3. yes
  4. yes and
  5. yes and amen
  6. yes and no
  7. yes anded
  8. yes anding
  9. yes ands
  10. yes homo
  11. yes ma'am

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