yet
Part of speech: adv
conj
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: yit
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Ireland
US
colloquial
form: yitt
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ytt
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: yeat
pos: conj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I haven't finished yet.
Have you finished yet?
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.
gloss: Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump.
gloss: Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
pos: adv
tags: archaic
not-comparable
poetic
examples: 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.
gloss: At some future time; eventually.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The riddle will be solved yet.
He'll be hanged yet.
gloss: Not as of the time referenced.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
with-infinitive
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: In addition.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: Even.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: K-2 is yet higher than this.
Oh no! Yet more problems!
Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them.
gloss: Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
pos: conj
examples: I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!
It’s incredible yet true.
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.
Synonyms: even now
still
erenow
so far
to date
formerly
in time
sooner or later
subsequently
further
moreover
Derived words: are we there yet
as of yet
as yet unknown
as-yet-unknown
just yet
not yet
power of yet
some time yet
there's life in the old dog yet
you ain't seen nothing yet
as yet
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: ende
lang: Albanian
word: edhe (gheg)
lang: Arabic
word: حَتَّى الْآن
roman: ḥattā l-ʔān
lang: Arabic
word: لحد دلوقتي
roman: leḥad delwaʔti
lang: Armenian
word: դեռ
roman: deṙ
lang: Armenian
word: դեռևս
roman: deṙews
lang: Aromanian
word: ningã
lang: Aromanian
word: nica (roa-rup)
lang: Belarusian
word: яшчэ́
roman: jaščé
lang: Bengali
word: তবুও
roman: tôbuo
lang: Bulgarian
word: о́ще
roman: óšte
lang: Bulgarian
word: все о́ще
roman: vse óšte
lang: Catalan
word: encara
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 仲
roman: zung⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 還 /还
roman: hái
lang: Ndzwani Comorian
word: rasa
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: raha
lang: Czech
word: ještě
lang: Czech
word: dosud
lang: Dutch
word: nog
lang: Dutch
word: al
lang: Esperanto
word: ankoraŭ
lang: Finnish
word: vielä
lang: Finnish
word: vieläkään
lang: Finnish
word: vieläkin
lang: Finnish
word: edelleen
lang: Finnish
word: yhä
lang: French
word: jusqu'à présent
lang: French
word: encore
lang: Galician
word: aínda
lang: Georgian
word: კიდევ
roman: ḳidev
lang: Georgian
word: ჯერ კიდევ
roman: ǯer ḳidev
lang: Georgian
word: აქამდე
roman: akamde
lang: German
word: noch
lang: Greek
word: ακόμα
roman: akóma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔτι
roman: éti
lang: Irish
word: go fóill
lang: Italian
word: ancora
lang: Italian
word: già
lang: Japanese
word: まだ
roman: mada
lang: Korean
word: 아직
roman: ajik
lang: Latin
word: hactenus
lang: Latin
word: adhuc
lang: Latvian
word: vēl
lang: Linngithigh
word: -ghom
lang: Lithuanian
word: dar
lang: Macedonian
word: уште
roman: ušte
lang: Malayalam
word: ഇതുവരെ
roman: ituvare
lang: Manchu
word: ᡴᡝᠮᡠᠨᡳ
roman: kemuni
lang: Manchu
word: ᡥᠣᠨᠣ
roman: hono
lang: Eastern Mari
word: але
roman: aĺe
lang: Middle English
word: yet
lang: Norwegian
word: ennå
lang: Norwegian
word: enda
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fremdeles
lang: Occitan
word: encara
lang: Church Slavic
word: ѥште
roman: ješte
lang: Old East Slavic
word: още
roman: ošče
lang: Persian
word: تا این اندازه
roman: tâ in andâze
lang: Persian
word: اینقدر
roman: inqadr
lang: Polish
word: jeszcze
lang: Portuguese
word: ainda
lang: Romanian
word: încă
lang: Russian
word: до сих по́р
roman: do six pór
lang: Russian
word: всё ещё
roman: vsjo ješčó
lang: Russian
word: пока́ ещё
roman: poká ješčó
lang: Russian
word: пока́ что
roman: poká što
lang: Russian
word: ещё
roman: ješčó
lang: Russian
word: пока́
roman: poká
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fhathast
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: јо̏ш
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: јо̏ште
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: jȍš
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: jȍšte
lang: Slovak
word: doteraz
lang: Slovak
word: zatiaľ
lang: Slovak
word: ešte
lang: Slovak
word: už
lang: Slovak
word: doposiaľ
lang: Slovene
word: šȅ
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: hyšći
lang: Spanish
word: aún
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: ete
lang: Sundanese
word: waka
lang: Sundanese
word: wara
lang: Swedish
word: ännu
lang: Swedish
word: än
lang: Thai
word: ยัง
roman: yang
lang: Tok Pisin
word: yet
lang: Turkish
word: daha
lang: Ukrainian
word: ще
roman: šče
lang: Ukrainian
word: іще́
roman: iščé
lang: Ukrainian
word: все ще
roman: vse šče
lang: Vietnamese
word: chưa
lang: Volapük
word: nog