yet
/jɛt/ adverb, conjunction, verb, noun
Forms yets yetting yetted yoten yot yotten yit yitt ytt yeat yete
- adverb In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future. “I haven't finished yet.”
- adverb In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
- adverb (poetic or archaic) In affirmative use: still. “He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)”
- adverb At some future time; eventually. “The riddle will be solved yet.”
- adverb (after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced. “I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.”
- adverb In addition. “There are two hours yet to go until our destination.”
- adverb (degree) Even. “K-2 is yet higher than this.”
- conjunction Nevertheless; however; but; despite that. “I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!”
- verb (obsolete) To pour.
- verb (obsolete outside dialects) To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).
- noun (dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.
- verb (nonstandard, West Country) To get.
Synonyms
at last besides still even now erenow so far to date formerly in time sooner or later subsequently further moreover be that as it may even so withal thus far up to now hitherto heretofore as yet til now until now even however nevertheless all the same nonetheless notwithstanding
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.
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.
Inherited from Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Old English ġietan, from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-. More at get.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.
- adverb In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. "A little longer; yet a little longer." Dryden.
- adverb At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.
- conjunction Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
Etymology [OE. yet, ýet, ýit, AS. git, gyt, giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo, ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “yet”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details