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[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 (yět) adv.
[Middle English, from Old English gīet; see i- in Indo-European roots.] Usage Note: In formal writing, yet in the sense "up to now" is normally used with an accompanying verb in the present perfect rather than in the simple past. Thus, one would say He hasn't started yet, not He didn't start yet. The use of yet with the simple past is common in speech and may be appropriate for informal writing. |
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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.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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