English Explanatory Dictionary

yet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
  2. In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
  3. In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
  4. In affirmative use: still.
  5. At some future time; eventually.
  6. Not as of the time referenced.
  7. In addition.
  8. Even.
conj
  1. Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
verb
  1. To pour.
  2. To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).
noun
  1. A metal pan or boiler; yetling.
verb
  1. To get.

Pronunciation

/jɛt/ en-us-yet.ogg

Word forms

yet yit yitt ytt yeat yets yetting yetted yoten yete yot yotten

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.

Synonyms

even now still erenow so far to date formerly in time sooner or later subsequently further moreover at last besides be that as it may even so withal

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

Albanian: ende Albanian: edhe (gheg) Arabic: حَتَّى الْآن Arabic: لحد دلوقتي Armenian: դեռ Armenian: դեռևս Aromanian: ningã Aromanian: nica (roa-rup) Belarusian: яшчэ́ Bengali: তবুও Bulgarian: о́ще Bulgarian: все о́ще Catalan: encara Chinese Cantonese: 仲 Chinese Mandarin: 還 /还 Ndzwani Comorian: rasa Ngazidja Comorian: raha Czech: ještě Czech: dosud Dutch: nog Dutch: al Esperanto: ankoraŭ Finnish: vielä Finnish: vieläkään Finnish: vieläkin Finnish: edelleen Finnish: yhä French: jusqu'à présent French: encore Galician: aínda Georgian: კიდევ Georgian: ჯერ კიდევ Georgian: აქამდე German: noch Greek: ακόμα Ancient Greek: ἔτι Irish: go fóill Italian: ancora Italian: già Japanese: まだ Korean: 아직 Latin: hactenus Latin: adhuc Latvian: vēl Linngithigh: -ghom Lithuanian: dar Macedonian: уште Malayalam: ഇതുവരെ Manchu: ᡴᡝᠮᡠᠨᡳ Manchu: ᡥᠣᠨᠣ Eastern Mari: але Norwegian: ennå Norwegian: enda Norwegian Bokmål: fremdeles Occitan: encara Church Slavic: ѥште Old East Slavic: още Persian: تا این اندازه Persian: اینقدر
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