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- 1 Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.; In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future. not-comparable
"I haven't finished yet."
- 2 Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.; In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed. not-comparable
"Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump."
- 3 Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.; In affirmative use: still. archaic, not-comparable, poetic
"He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)"
- 4 At some future time; eventually. not-comparable
"The riddle will be solved yet."
- 5 Not as of the time referenced. not-comparable, with-infinitive
"I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him."
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- 6 In addition. not-comparable
"There are two hours yet to go until our destination."
- 7 Even. not-comparable
"K-2 is yet higher than this."
- 1 to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons wordnet
- 2 despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) wordnet
- 3 up to the present time wordnet
- 4 used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time wordnet
- 5 used after a superlative wordnet
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- 6 within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time wordnet
- 1 Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
"I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!"
- 1 A metal pan or boiler; yetling. dialectal
- 1 To pour. obsolete
"[…] & stablenes of perseueraunce; graunt me for all wor[l]dly consolacyons the swete, gracyous vnccyon of the holy goost, & for all carnall loue"
- 2 To get. West-Country, nonstandard
- 3 To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten). dialectal, obsolete
"[…] 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."
Etymology
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 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, 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.
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