yet
UK/jɛt/
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Australia/jet/
yet adverb: in negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
Adverb
yet (not comparable)
- In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
- I haven't finished yet.
- Have you finished yet?
- In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
- Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump.
- In affirmative use: still.
- He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)
- O, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave […]? (US National Anthem)
- At some future time; eventually.
- The riddle will be solved yet.
- He'll be hanged yet.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- Synonyms:
- at last
- Not as of the time referenced.
- I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
- I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
- In addition.
- There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
- It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- besides
- Even.
- K-2 is yet higher than this.
- Oh no! Yet more problems!
- Synonyms:
- still
Conjunction
yet
- Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
- I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!
- It’s incredible yet true.
- Synonyms:
- be that as it may, even so, withal
Verb (1)
yet (third-person singular simple present yets, present participle yetting, simple past yet or yetted, past participle yet or yetted or yoten)
- To pour.
- […] & stablenes of perseueraunce; graunt me for all wor[l]dly consolacyons the swete, gracyous vnccyon of the holy goost, & for all carnall loue1502, William Atkynson (translator), De Imitatione Christi, in 1893, John Kells Ingram, The Earliest English Translation of the First Three Books of the De Imitatione Christi, page 221
- Some with a fals herte, and a payntyd face
In his lordes seruyce to haue chefe rowme and place
Into his lordes erys yetyth secretly
Lyes venemous, […]1509 (edition published 1874), Alexander Barclay (translator), The Ship of Fools (originally by Sebastian Brant), page 211
- To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).
- […] whiche shall present him selfe openly stained or embrued with sondry colours, or poudered with the duste of stones that he cutteth, or perfumed with tedious sauours of the metalles by him yoten.1531 (edition reprinted 1880), Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Gouernour, page 48
Noun
yet (plural yets)
Verb (2)
yet (third-person singular simple present yets, present participle yetting, simple past yot, past participle yotten)
- To get.
yet meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Arabic and Indonesian
yet in Bengali
- thus far
- তবুও tôbuo
- nevertheless; however
- অথচ othoc, তবু tobu
yet in Malayalam
- thus far
- ഇതുവരെ ituvare
yet in Arabic
- thus far
- حَتَّى الْآن ḥattā l-ʔān
- not as of the time referenced
- بَعْد baʕd
yet in Indonesian
- nevertheless; however
- namun
More languagesFewer languages
- yet in Persian
- تا این اندازه tâ in andâze, اینقدر inqadr, سرانجام sarânjâm, نیز niz
- yet in Thai
- ยัง yang
- yet in Vietnamese
- chưa
Examples of yet in a sentence
- We do not yet know what happened.
- He has never yet been late for an appointment.
- I don't know if I can tell you yet.
- They are yet to win a single match. — They have not yet won a single match.
- He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.
- After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
Synonyms of yet
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Forms of yet
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative Ireland US (colloquial) | yit |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yitt |
| alternative form (obsolete) | ytt |
| Conjunction | |
| alternative form | yeat |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | yets |
| present participle | yetting |
| past | yet |
| past | yetted |
| past participle | yet |
| past participle | yetted |
| past participle | yoten |
| past | yot |
| past participle | yotten |
| alternative form (obsolete) | yete |
| Noun | |
| plural | yets |
Origin of yet
Inherited from Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ġīet, gȳta, from Proto-West Germanic *jūta, from Proto-Germanic *juta (compare West Frisian jit, jitte (“yet”), Dutch ooit (“ever”), German jetzt (“now”)), compound of (1) *ju (“already”, adverb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-, accusative of *h₂óyu (“long time”) and (2) the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to, towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th.
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.
Inherited from Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Old English ġietan, from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-. More at get.
Words formed from yet
Phrases with yet
Words that rhyme with yet
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- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
- ket
Questions about yet
- What does yet mean?
- Yet means in negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
- What is yet in Bengali?
- Yet in Bengali is তবুও (tôbuo), অথচ (othoc), তবু (tobu). See Yet meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use yet in a sentence?
- We do not yet know what happened.
- What part of speech is yet?
- Yet can be an adverb, a conjunction, a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce yet?
- Yet is pronounced /jɛt/ (UK).
Words near yet in the dictionary
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