yet
yet
jɛt
yet
/jɛt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "yet"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āĻāĻ–āύ⧋

up until the current or given time
yet definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The results of the experiment are inconclusive; we do n't have a conclusion yet.
āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ; āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“

at the present moment, often used in negative or interrogative contexts to emphasize immediacy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Has the mail arrived yet?
āĻŽā§‡āϞ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ?
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āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“

for a time still to come
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old traditions will endure for years yet.
āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ

up to a particular point in time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I have lived in this city for five years yet and have loved every moment.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ–āύ⧋, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“

at some future time or eventually
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 'll prove them wrong yet.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύ⧋.
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āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āφāϰāĻ“

used to amplify quantity, intensity, or repetition, often comparative
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His explanation was clear, but the teacher 's was yet clearer.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰāϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁

used to introduce a contrasting fact or idea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The story is simple, yet profound.
āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻšāϜ, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ–āύ⧋

used after a superlative
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āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“

continuing without change from past to present
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Thy love yet burns bright in mine heart, though years have passed.
āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“, āϤāĻĻ⧁āĻĒāϰāĻŋ

used to add a statement that is surprising compared to what has just been said
yet definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She studied hard for the exam, yet she did n't perform well.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“ āϏ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
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