yet

[ yet ]

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. moreover:

   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

   she is strange yet kind

   I want to and yet I haven't the courage

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
   as yet so far; up until then or now

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”)

Word History and Origins

Origin of yet¹

Old English gēta; related to Old Frisian jēta

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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

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Related Words

• although
• even though
• though

When To Use

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