Pronunciations (3)
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/jɛt/
Pronunciation notes
- Canada
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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/jet/
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
- New-Zealand
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/jɪt/
Pronunciation notes
- Northumbria
- unstressed
Adverb
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.
Usage- not-comparable
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I haven't finished yet.
Have you finished yet?
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We do not yet know what happened.
He has never yet been late for an appointment.
I don't know if I can tell you yet.
Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time. In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
Usage- not-comparable
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Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump.
Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time. In affirmative use: still.
Usage- Archaic
- not-comparable
- Poetic
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He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)
O, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave […]? (US National Anthem)
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They atteſt facts vvhich they had heard vvhile they vvere yet heathens, and had they not found reaſon to believe them, they vvould ſtill have continued heathens, and have made no mention of them in their vvritings.
At some future time; eventually.
Usage- not-comparable
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The riddle will be solved yet.
He'll be hanged yet.
Not as of the time referenced.
Usage- not-comparable
- with-infinitive
- after 'have' and certain copulative verbs
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I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
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They are yet to win a single match. — They have not yet won a single match.
He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.
In addition.
Usage- not-comparable
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There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
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It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.
Even.
Usage- not-comparable
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K-2 is yet higher than this.
Oh no! Yet more problems!
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Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them.
Conjunction
Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
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I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!
It’s incredible yet true.
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Nor Court nor Citie had ſhe ſeene, yeat eithers prayſe ſhe had: / So much more vvorth by hovve much leſſe ſhe vvas vn-nicely clad.
Emaciated little creatures, with skin harsh and rough, rapid pulse, nerves ever on the strain—have yet a look of lively intelligence.
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].
In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
Verb
To pour.
Usage- Obsolete
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[…] & stablenes of perseueraunce; graunt me for all wor[l]dly consolacyons the swete, gracyous vnccyon of the holy goost, & for all carnall loue
Some with a fals herte, and a payntyd face In his lordes seruyce to haue chefe rowme and place Into his lordes erys yetyth secretly Lyes venemous, […]
To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).
Usage- dialectal
- Obsolete
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[…] 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.
Noun
A metal pan or boiler; yetling.
Usage- dialectal
Verb
To get.
Usage- West-Country
- nonstandard
Adverb
up to the present time
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I have yet to see the results
details are yet to be worked out
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
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So far he hasn't called
the sun isn't up yet
to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
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looked sick and felt even worse
an even (or still) more interesting problem
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still another problem must be solved
a yet sadder tale
within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
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he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves
sooner or later you will have to face the facts
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in time they came to accept the harsh reality
used after a superlative
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this is the best so far
the largest drug bust yet
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
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although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it
while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed
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he was a stern yet fair master
granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go