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English meaning

  • aye intj Yes (used especially in voting, formal agreement, or nautical/military commands).
  • be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  • boggle verb To overwhelm or bewilder the mind, especially with something surprising or hard to grasp.
  • his determiner Belonging to or associated with him.
  • its det Belonging to it.
  • ones noun A team's first-choice or senior squad, as opposed to reserves.
  • would verb Used to describe what someone was going to do, from the point of view of the past.

Senses

是 is used for these senses in English:

  • I do A traditional phrase said by each of the prospective spouses during a wedding ceremony in order to accept the marriage.
  • aye Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
  • aye An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
  • be (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
  • be (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
  • boggle (intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
  • bounce off the walls (idiomatic) To be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.
  • fall short (idiomatic) To be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient.

aye — full definition

  1. intj Yes (used especially in voting, formal agreement, or nautical/military commands).
  2. noun A vote in favor of something.

be — full definition

  1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.
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