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yet

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adverb

  1. at the present time; now:

    Don't go yet. Are they here yet?

  2. up to a particular time; thus far:

    They had not yet come.

  3. in the time still remaining; before all is done:

    There is yet time.

  4. from the preceding time; as previously; still:

    He came here on a vacation 20 years ago, and he is here yet.

  5. in addition; again:

    The mail brought yet another reply.

  6. I've never read it nor yet intend to.

  7. even; still (used to emphasize a comparative):

    a yet milder tone;

    yet greater power.

  8. though the case be such; nevertheless:

    strange and yet very true.



conjunction

  1. though; still; nevertheless:

    It is good, yet it could be improved.

yet

/ jɛt /

sentence connector

  1. nevertheless; still; in spite of that

    I want to and yet I haven't the courage

    she is strange yet kind

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. usually used with a negative or interrogative so far; up until then or now

    is it teatime yet?

    they're not home yet

  2. often preceded by just; usually used with a negative now (as contrasted with later)

    we can't stop yet

  3. often used with a comparative even; still

    yet more potatoes for sale

    yet another problem family

  4. eventually, in spite of everything

    we'll convince him yet

  5. as yet
    so far; up until then or now
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yet1

First recorded before 900; Middle English yet(e) (adverb and conjunction), Old English gīet(a) (adverb); cognate with Middle High German ieze “yet, now” ( German jetzt “now”)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yet1

Old English gēta; related to Old Frisian jēta
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Idioms and Phrases

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Example Sentences

Jones is a veteran of another beloved-yet-controversial animated series on Adult Swim, The Boondocks.

Really Big Coloring Books provided the Beast with images of a couple of the as-yet unreleased supplements.

Stephanie often takes surreptitious photographs of fellow commuters for a not-yet-realized blog.

But that visceral experience of the crowd as a capricious-yet-mindless entity has stayed with me ever since.

You have not been indoctrinated into unwanted-yet-inescapable tribal allegiances by your soccer-crazed countrymen.

A fool, for example, thinks Shakespeare a great poet-yet the fool has never read Shakespeare.

He showed none of the diffidence of the not-yet-accepted lover, eager to please, anxious about the future.

And then he proceeded to descend from what he had called the rarefied atmosphere with the speed of a yet-unopened parachute.

Then came the beating drum of intelligence, the radiation of its yet-uncontrolled thoughts.

Was Panek—and through him this as-yet-unmet leader—behind that attempt on Abrams' life?

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