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adverb

at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet?

up to a particular time; thus far: They had not yet come.

in the time still remaining; before all is done: There is yet time.

from the preceding time; as previously; still: He came here on a vacation 20 years ago, and he is here yet.

in addition; again: The mail brought yet another reply.

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moreover: I've never read it nor yet intend to.

even; still (used to emphasize a comparative): a yet milder tone; yet greater power.

though the case be such; nevertheless: strange and yet very true.

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conjunction

though; still; nevertheless: It is good, yet it could be improved.

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Idiom

10.

as yet. as¹ (def. 31).

Origin:
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

Synonyms
9. See but¹.

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Example Sentences

Yet a functioning democracy demands maximum accountability and transparency.

Yet many college instructors are only dimly familiar with that research.

Yet beneath such squeamishness, an undercurrent of relative pride still pulses, defiantly.

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Yet a functioning democracy demands maximum accountability and transparency.

Yet many college instructors are only dimly familiar with that research.

Yet beneath such squeamishness, an undercurrent of relative pride still pulses, defiantly.

Yet staying exposes you-and your helpers-to slave hunters.

Power companies appreciate a smart grid but consumers have yet to see the benefits.

Yet even at the time, there were whispers that the cadaver brought home in glory might be the wrong one.

Hot and cool, invigorating yet soothing, ginger dances on the palate.

It's the highest-resolution, near-global topographic image of our lunar neighbour yet.

Yet one rarely hears of national efforts to engage more men in these fields.

Georgia is obviously not quite there yet but the trucks for getting there are being firmly laid by the current government.

It can overwhelm the human immune system, yet the virus itself is fragile.

View the slide show of threatened species that have yet to make it onto the endangered species list.

Yet this bit of film is one of the rarest in existence.

Nutmeg and mace come from the same plant, yet nutmeg gets all the press.

DataSpace, but there's not a lot of material in it yet.

Kenya is doing well, yet dangers still lurk under the surface.

Yet considering the race's extreme and unpredictable sailing conditions, there have been few other serious medical incidents.

From these consequences would come yet further-flung effects.

Common and yet limited, nitrogen is a conundrum of the biosphere.

Yet both gardens combine cold-hardy plants to form a seamless brocade around the house.

The problem is that accreditation doesn't represent any of those things, yet.

Yet for the best of author's knowledge, male organ has not been touched in the growth literature before.

They're a diabolical nuisance, yet considered sacred.

Mouse finding hints that stemlike cells may yet be found in human pancreas.

Countless lab hours are spent in search for a medical cure that is still yet unknown.

Children, who don't yet appreciate the rewards of a meditative pace, race through it.

She also has yet to learn that that kind of judgment has no place in a public counseling relationship.

Yet only now is the country planning a closer look at the crimes committed in those years.

Researchers have found the clearest evidence yet for a superconducting state that differs from its mirror image.

There is a lot of work to do, but the museum may yet re-open its doors.

Yet shattering stereotypes and shedding fat is actually easy for this versatile omelet.

Yet clearly lurking within the entrepreneur was a film geek.

Yet no one is really sure whether these options would actually work.

The incessant sound of rushing water permeates the home, yet never overwhelms.

And yet barbecuing isn't quite as simple as it seems.

Williams asks why a usage expert can point out errors yet not notice them in his or her own writing.

Planet hunters have discovered the biggest new world yet and it is going the wrong way around its home sun.

Aircraft were not invented for war fighting, yet they inadvertantly found their way into battle quickly.

Industrial chic yet comfortable, this is a great place to dine solo at the bar.

People who dread flying have, in recent years, been given yet more fodder for their fear.

We are in a golden age of science in many fields, and yet this is not an easy time to be a scientist.

Here's a simple yet satisfying way to get more vegetables into your day.

Yet few, if any, of them have spread the disease to other humans.

No one can say for sure if there is another, yet to be discovered, domain of life.

Yet every story offers more surprises than the last.

Here is yet another good reason to brush your teeth regularly.

We pick huge handfuls of figs from her tree each evening, and yet the ground is still splattered with surplus.

It's a perfect morning, the air and water so calm it's as if the day has not yet drawn a breath.

Embryonic stem cells derived from adult primate cells suggest humans may get their turn yet.

It is a vast area yet to be fully inspected miles beneath the ocean surface.

The chickens, eating yet another batch of pattypan squash.

Yet the human ear can hear and process sounds ranging from a pin drop to the roar of a jet engine.

Yet one go-go hit didn't pave the way for a mainstream breakout for the genre.

The earliest indicator yet of autism may be the presence of flawed cells in the placenta, scientists have discovered.

And yet this ideal of wild salmon is increasingly an illusion.

Yet many mysteries of life have remained unscrutinized by human eyes.

Yet immigrants also tend to be less well educated and are often more likely to live in poverty in those countries.

Scientists have uncovered yet another tiny piece of the puzzle of our origins.

Yet if left untreated, the disease can lead to serious inflammation of the nervous system, heart and joints.

UniLeaks has yet to back that bluster with any blockbuster scoops.

Yet the tour's revenues have held up remarkably well.

Yet crop yields aren't increasing fast enough, and climate change and.

Yet another science report warns that action must be taken to restrain greenhouse gas emissions.

It has been a century since the storied dreadnought sank, but controversy has not yet abandoned the ship.

My friend who was to go with me had not yet put in for vacation days.

And yet the chances of serious deficit-cutting look slim.

Yet new research on timber rattlesnakes is helping scientists reveal a.

Yet this geophysical nativity is unfolding today in one of the hottest and most.

Yet shallots are as easy to grow as any other onion.

Yet one thing often is left out of the discussion: civil rights.

Yet it is not at all clear that this top-down fix will be any more effective.

Yet even today's sailboats depend on the same wind patterns as sailboats from long ago.

Theoretical physicists are not yet at the end of their string.

Science is not a list of facts but a method of asking questions, testing possible answers and asking yet more questions.

And yet sometimes a piece of code is so elegant, so evolved, that it outlasts everything else.

Yet it is gambling on a novel experiment to select its candidate to take on.

He would have seen appalling scenes in battle, and yet right until the end of his life he was still searching for the good.

The tone turns decidedly rigorous, yet always constructive.

Yet many environmentalists fear that such deforestation is a harbinger of things to come.

Marseille has a huge immigrant population, and yet it seems to work.

Zsori takes a casual yet elegant approach to decorating that embodies the essence of the season.

I've seen plenty of candidates perform poorly during the interview yet seem totally oblivious to their shortcomings.

Yet thanks to the hard work of a scientist, you can.

Alus have no known function, yet they copy and insert themselves at random throughout a person's genome.

Yet throughout his career he explored issues of style, structure and meaning by creating variations of works by other artists.

These recipes offer delicious alternatives to yet another.

Yet the animal that had once wielded these jaws was not a dinosaur.

Others are grown for their attractive foliage, yet others for their striking floral displays.

That's not stopping yet another magazine from trying.

Yet the researchers discovered that the smaller males don't appear to have a strategy.

Kids may lack self-consciousness because a key network in their brain is not yet synchronized.

Darwin was sure that transitional forms must have existed, but why they had not yet been found was puzzling.

Yet scissors fit some tasks much better than knives.

Yet many who epitomize those virtues are barred from applying.

Remarkably, this moose had survived the initial attack, battered but not yet beaten.

Yet you can limit the havoc they wreak on your life.

Since no time traveler has shown up yet-check-out aisle tabloids notwithstanding-no such machine has yet been invented.

Yet with the right palette of plants, you can transform this wasteland into a floral oasis.

Yet somehow it's the other way around-and internship requirements proliferate.

Yet scientists have only identified a few of the silk genes from a small number of species.

New photos offer the best evidence yet of mollusk aeronautics.

Yet scientists say the terrifying predator is itself.

The best leaves are from younger stems that have not yet borne flowers.

They're in the process of developing the skills to do the work of an academic, but they're not there yet.

Yet although prosthetics have come a long way since they.

He's really funny, and yet he's really thin-skinned.

Our global politics is not yet adapted to the challenges of sustainability.

Yet yours has captured a beauty beyond physical sight, that touches the inner heart.

Yet when the perpetrator is known, reporting is much less common.

How a company chooses to diversify is a critical yet overlooked aspect of.

Yet perhaps never in the history of human conflict have so few people with so few capabilities frightened so.

Yet our brain is able to integrate all the stimuli and make sense of the cacophony of movement and sound.

And newspapers had yet to turn the admissions cycle into an annual tally of percentages and prestige.

Exactly how this integration happens is not yet understood--.

People expect to hear soaring yet predictable rhetoric, the sort found in fund-raising.

The melted down reactors are stabilizing, but the real work of repair has yet to begin.

Athletics and academics have a cordial relationship, yet one that can be strengthened still further.

In some cases the ideal experiment is not yet possible.

Yet in some respects the virus has outpaced science.

Smaller-scale studies might chip away at parts of the targeted health issues, but nothing else yet proposed could take its place.

Yet for decades scientists embraced a picture that was incomplete.

At this stage, many women still do not yet know they are pregnant.

The pilot studies so far have yet to transcend the level of anecdotal evidence, but these single cases are compelling.

Again, the researchers do not yet know how problems with protein-building machinery lead to depression and suicide.

Pogue s comments are yet again way off the mark and his use of terminology is confused and inaccurate.

I've used the search function to see if anyone's asked or answered this yet but came up short.

Sweet potatoes are naturally silky textured yet low in fat.

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World English Dictionary

yet (jɛt)

—*sentence connector*
1.	nevertheless; still; in spite of that: I want to and yet I haven't the courage; she is strange yet kind

—*adv*
2.	(usually used with a negative or interrogative) so far; up until then or now: they're not home yet; is it teatime yet?
3.	(often preceded by just; usually used with a negative) now (as contrasted with later): we can't stop yet
4.	(often used with a comparative) even; still: yet more potatoes for sale; yet another problem family
5.	eventually, in spite of everything: we'll convince him yet
6.	as yet so far; up until then or now

[Old English gēta; related to Old Frisian jēta]

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Word Origin & History

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."

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