Complete Definition of "yet"

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Pronunciation
RP & US: IPA|/j�t/
audio|en-us-yet.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t|-�t

Etymology
OE. Ä¡Ä«et

Adverb
yet

  1. At present; now.

#: I�m not yet wise enough to answer that.

  1. Up to the present; thus far.

#: He has never yet been late for an appointment.

  1. Continuously up to this or that time; still.

#: The workers went to the factory early and are striking yet.

  1. At some future time; eventually.

#: The riddle will be solved yet.

  1. In addition.

#: There are two hours yet to go until our destination.

Translations

Catalan: encara
Danish: endnu
Dutch: nog
French: encore
German: noch
Interlingua: ancora
Italian: ancora
mid
Kurdish: KUchar|��شتا
Nahuatl: oc
Polish: jeszcze
Portuguese: ainda
Romanian: înc�
Spanish: aún, todavía
Swedish: ännu (1,2), fortfarande (3), ytterligare (5)
Vietnamese: ... �ã ... chưa

Conjunction
yet

  1. nevertheless|Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

#: I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.

Derived terms
as yet

Translations

Catalan: tanmateix, no obstant això
German: doch
Hebrew: he-translation|ע��|od
mid
Interlingua: non obstante, malgrado
Polish: jak, jakże, jakżem
Spanish: sin embargo, no obstante

Category:English coordinating conjunctions

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ta:yet
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