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- [yet]
- /yɛt/
- /jet/
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- [yet]
- /yɛt/
Definitions of yet word
- adverb yet at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet? 1
- adverb yet up to a particular time; thus far: They had not yet come. 1
- adverb yet in the time still remaining; before all is done: There is yet time. 1
- adverb yet from the preceding time; as previously; still: He came here on a vacation 20 years ago, and he is here yet. 1
- adverb yet in addition; again: The mail brought yet another reply. 1
- adverb yet moreover: I've never read it nor yet intend to. 1
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Origin of yet
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Yet
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
yet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for yet
conjunction yet
- for all that — the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
- still — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
- howbeit — Archaic. nevertheless.
- withal — with it all; as well; besides.
- after all — You use after all when introducing a statement which supports or helps explain something you have just said.
preposition yet
- in spite of — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- at any rate — You use at any rate to indicate that what you have just said might be incorrect or unclear in some way, and that you are now being more precise.
- no matter — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- but — You use but to introduce something which contrasts with what you have just said, or to introduce something which adds to what you have just said.
- on the other hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
adverb yet
- so far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- thus far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- hitherto — up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
- earlier — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- as yet — You use as yet with negative statements to describe a situation that has existed up until the present time.
Antonyms for yet
adverb yet
- never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
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