yet
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L333951 on Wikidata ↗adverb
- up to the present
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /jɛt/
adv
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.
- Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
“I haven't finished yet.”
“Have you finished yet?”
- Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
“Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump.”
- Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
“He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)”
“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.
“The riddle will be solved yet.”
“He'll be hanged yet.”
- Not as of the time referenced.
“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.”
- In addition.
“There are two hours yet to go until our destination.”
“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.”
- Even.
“K-2 is yet higher than this.”
“Oh no! Yet more problems!”
conj
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.
- Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
“I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!”
“It’s incredible yet true.”
noun
Etymology: 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.
- A metal pan or boiler; yetling.
verb
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Old English ġietan, from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-. More at get.
- To get.