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# yeah

«yeah» in Mova's school dictionary: **Yes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb; interjection (informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#m1)

2) (informal) Said to show you are listening or to agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#m2)

3) yeah, right (informal, sarcastic): I don't believe that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used everywhere in casual speech and real-speech lessons. Not used in formal writing or exams. Phrases: oh yeah, yeah yeah, yeah right, yeah, no (Australia, NZ: no).

### examples

- "Do you want a biscuit?" "Yeah, please." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#x1)
- Yeah, I've finished my homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#x2)
- Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#x3)
- "I'll clean my room tomorrow." "Yeah, right." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#x4)
- Yeah, that's the answer: 24. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#x5)
- (Australia, NZ) "Yeah, nah, I'm all right." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/#x6)

### note

Informal; in school writing use "yes". "Yeah, right" said sarcastically means "no". "Yeah, nah" in Australia and NZ usually means no. Pronounced like "yeh".

### In the corpora

- [He shrugged, said «yeah, all right», and later he passed Maddie the ball.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/394-making-peace-between-the-streets/11/)
- [«They're right there, Dad.» «Yeah nah, caught out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/10/)
- [Sorry, mate.» «Yeah, it was.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/485-what-a-real-friend-is/16/)
- [In Australian talk «yeah nah» means no and «nah yeah» means yes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains/31/)
- [A silly impossible add-on like "Yeah, sure, and a pony too" means "no".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/29-sarcasm-and-tone-of-voice/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yeah» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeah/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.