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adverb

conjunction

though; still; nevertheless: It is good, yet it could be improved.

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RELATED WORDS

still, earlier, though, also, too, further, along, more, even, eventually, ultimately, someday, finally, hitherto, nevertheless, notwithstanding, nonetheless, however, withal, till

Nearby words

  1. yesternight,
  2. yesternoon,
  3. yesterweek,
  4. yesteryear,
  5. yestreen,
  6. yeti,
  7. yett,
  8. yetta,
  9. yettie,
  10. yeuk

Idioms

    as yet. as1(def 31).

Origin of yet

before 900; Middle English yet(e) (adv. and conjunction), Old English gīet(a) (adv.); cognate with Middle High German ieze yet, now > German jetzt now

Synonym study

9. See but1.
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British Dictionary definitions for yet

yet

sentence connector

nevertheless; still; in spite of thatI 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 nowthey're not home yet; is it teatime 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; stillyet more potatoes for sale; yet another problem family
eventually, in spite of everythingwe'll convince him yet
as yet so far; up until then or now

Word Origin for yet

Old English gēta; related to Old Frisian jēta
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Word Origin and History for yet

yet

adv.

Old English get, gieta "till now, thus far, earlier, at last, also," an Anglo-Frisian word (cf. Old Frisian ieta, Middle High German ieuzo), of unknown origin; perhaps connected to PIE pronomial stem *i- (see yon). The meaning in other Germanic languages is expressed by descendants of Proto-Germanic *noh- (cf. German noch), from PIE *nu-qe- "and now."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with yet

yet

see as yet.

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