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yet
[ yet ]
adverb
- at the present time; now:
Don't go yet. Are they here yet?
- up to a particular time; thus far:
They had not yet come.
- in the time still remaining; before all is done:
There is yet time.
- from the preceding time; as previously; still:
He came here on a vacation 20 years ago, and he is here yet.
- in addition; again:
The mail brought yet another reply.
I've never read it nor yet intend to.
a yet milder tone;
yet greater power.
- though the case be such; nevertheless:
strange and yet very true.
conjunction
- though; still; nevertheless:
It is good, yet it could be improved.
yet
/ jɛt /
sentence connector
- nevertheless; still; in spite of that
I want to and yet I haven't the courage
she is strange yet kind
adverb
- usually used with a negative or interrogative so far; up until then or now
is it teatime yet?
they're not home yet
- often preceded by just; usually used with a negative now (as contrasted with later)
we can't stop yet
- often used with a comparative even; still
yet more potatoes for sale
yet another problem family
- eventually, in spite of everything
we'll convince him yet
- as yetso far; up until then or now
Word History and Origins
Origin of yet1
Word History and Origins
Origin of yet1
Idioms and Phrases
- as yet. as 1( def 31 ).
More idioms and phrases containing yet
see as yet .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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Yet implies the chance of a different outcome in spite of something mentioned prior. When is it best to use yet instead of but, nevertheless, however, or still? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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