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yet

US/jɛt/ very common

adverb

1.

up to the present time

  • “I have yet to see the results”
  • “details are yet to be worked out”
2.

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

  • “So far he hasn”
  • “;”
  • “t up yet”
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3.

to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

  • “looked sick and felt even worse”
  • “an even (or still) more interesting problem”
  • “still another problem must be solved”
  • “a yet sadder tale”
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4.

within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time

  • “he will understand eventually”
  • “he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves”
  • “sooner or later you will have to face the facts”
  • “in time they came to accept the harsh reality”
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5.

used after a superlative

  • “this is the best so far”
  • “the largest drug bust yet”
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6.

despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)

  • “although I”
  • “d like to try it”
  • “while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed”
  • “he was a stern yet fair master”
  • “granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots yat (“to pour, yet”), West Frisian jitte (“to scatter, shed, pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour, cast, mould”), German gießen (“to pour, cast, mould”), Swedish gjuta (“to pour, cast”). Doublet of yote.

Phrases

  • are we there yet
  • as of yet
  • as yet
  • as yet unknown
  • just yet
  • not yet
  • power of yet
  • some time yet
  • there's life in the old dog yet

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