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yet

yet [ yet ]

adverb

Definition:

1. so far: up to now or a particular time in the past or future ( often used with a negative or interrogative )

The information had not yet been analyzed.

Have you finished eating yet?

This study is the most comprehensive yet.

2. now: now, as opposed to later ( often used with a negative )

I can't come over just yet.

3. even: even or still ( often used with a comparative )

This spurred her on to yet greater efforts.

Yet again, we find the same reluctance to act.

4. in spite of everything: used to stress that it remains possible that something will happen or that you are still determined to do something despite present difficulties

We'll solve this problem yet.

5. for longer: used to indicate that something will go on happening for a particular length of time

It will take hours yet for the space telescope photos to arrive on Earth and be processed.

6. never up to now: used to indicate that somebody has not done something up to now

She's been there several weeks and we've yet to hear from her.

conj

Definition:

nevertheless: however or nevertheless

Her problems are increasing, yet she keeps smiling.

[ Old English gīet, origin ?]

Word Usage


	Did she go yet? In the simple past tense yet is used in this way in informal English rather than the perfect tense: Has she gone yet? In some meanings, yet and still are largely interchangeable: This has still to be decided or This has yet to be decided.

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