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Meanings of saying yes in English
Expression granting permission to proceed with a proposal.
Synonyms
Examples for "okay"
Examples for "okay"
1
But you bring me home the second I ask you to, okay?
2
She sent another: Please text me, Gretch, let me know you're okay?
3
So far, we'd been doing okay, attempting to remain civil business partners.
4
So stop asking questions that I won't answer, okay? he told her.
5
I want to tell you what I did today, okay? she asked.
1
She said they were awaiting health officials' approval to question Mr John.
2
The long-awaited Government health strategy was given approval by the Cabinet yesterday.
3
The agreement is still subject to conditions, including approval from competition authorities.
4
Of course she wanted his approval, of course; she wanted it terribly.
5
Pending government approval, it hopes to export to Europe and South America.
1
In practice, no country in Europe operates an opt-out system of consent.
2
Such places have been reshaped without democratic consent by impersonal market forces.
3
Results: The formal steps to obtain informed consent were usually carried out.
4
This means a person cannot be subject to medical treatment without consent.
5
Ms Hulse said the consent process had been swift and needed examining.
1
Washington, however, late last week issued new sanctions against Caracas's oil industry.
2
So far, however, Myanmar has not faced international sanctions over the violence.
3
Iraq has suffered decades of war, sanctions and more recently sectarian violence.
4
Sanctions, wars and violence have slowed progress in developing Iraq's oil industry.
5
He is quite right, of course, as sanctions invariably effect civilian populations.
1
The city government said it is being provided under an emergency authorization.
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Both companies have received the FDA's emergency use authorization for their tests.
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And in this particular case, authorization had been even prompter than usual.
4
The company also raised its share repurchase authorization to 20 million shares.
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The authorization doesn't grant the right to violate human rights, he said.
1
Kron said the group was seeking regulators' green light on the deal.
2
But which business will be given the green light is not clear.
3
The sale process required a green light from Shell, the people said.
4
However, the city of Munich has yet to give the green light.
5
Both bodies must give green light for the deal to go ahead.
1
The Communist Party's computer system will simply say yes -or no.
2
I'd say yes, if all we were dealing with were natural forces.
3
You want to say yes straight away but that's not the case.
4
You'll be surprised at how many times they respond and say yes.
5
We very much want to, and are fairly sure he'll say yes.
Usage of saying yes in English
1
Which is a long way of saying yes, I do believe it.
2
But for whatever reason, they kept saying yes, and we kept going.
3
He could not say no to Bolingbroke without saying yes to Ravenscar.
4
I know the danger of saying yes and no within twenty-four hours.
5
Margie's hope was to make saying yes look less troublesome than saying no.
6
I learned the power of saying yes when I was going to NYU.
7
I thought twice -actually three or four times -before saying yes.
8
Any extension would depend on all 27 EU leaders saying yes.
9
Agreed? His gaze went round the table, recording everyone saying yes.
10
We thought about it for about 12 seconds before saying yes.
11
To whom are we saying yes and no and no, again, and yes?
12
But now you're arguing with me for saying yes, fine, go.
13
They're asking me if it's an emergency and I'm saying yes!
14
My advice to everyone is to greenlight yourself by saying yes to yourself.
15
Which was the same as saying yes, and she knew it.
16
I don't think I'm giving away any secrets by saying yes, you're correct.
Translations for saying yes
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