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yet
[yet]
,–adverb
| 1. | at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet? |
| 2. | up to a particular time; thus far: They had not yet come. |
| 3. | in the time still remaining; before all is done: There is yet time. |
| 4. | from the preceding time; as previously; still: He came here on a vacation 20 years ago, and he is here yet. |
| 5. | in addition; again: The mail brought yet another reply. |
| 6. | moreover: I've never read it nor yet intend to. |
| 7. | even; still (used to emphasize a comparative): a yet milder tone; yet greater power. |
| 8. | though the case be such; nevertheless: strange and yet very true. |
–conjunction
—Idiom| 9. | though; still; nevertheless: It is good, yet it could be improved. |
| 10. | as yet. as 1 (def. 31). |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME yet(e) (adv. and conj.), OE gīet(a) (adv.); c. MHG ieze yet, now > G jetzt now
bef. 900; ME yet(e) (adv. and conj.), OE gīet(a) (adv.); c. MHG ieze yet, now > G jetzt now

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Yet
Yet\, adv. [OE. yet, [yogh]et, [yogh]it, AS. git, gyt, giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo, ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. "A little longer; yet a little longer." --Dryden. This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy. --Atterbury. The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice. --L'Estrange. 2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still. Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens. --Addison. 3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj. Ne never yet no villainy ne said. --Chaucer. 4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time. "He 'll be hanged yet." --Shak. 5. Even; -- used emphatically. Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. --Bacon.Yet
Yet\, conj. Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however. Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. --Matt. vi. 29. Syn: See However.
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Language Translation for : yet
Spanish:
todavía, aún,
German:
noch, schon,
Japanese:
まだ
yet
O.E. get, gieta "till now, thus far, earlier, at last, also," an Anglo-Frisian word (cf. O.Fris. ieta, M.H.G. ieuzo), of unknown origin. The meaning in other Gmc. languages is expressed by descendants of P.Gmc. *noh- (cf. Ger. noch), from PIE *nu-qe- "and now."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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yet
see as yet.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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