Yet Meaning
/jɛt/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advThus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
advThus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time., In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
Sentence Examples
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
"Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
I haven't received a letter from him yet.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She hasn't finished the report ____, so the deadline is causing stress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I have not finished reading the book ____, but I find it very interesting and quite moving several pages today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section III. The Providence of God.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1730, →OCLC, subsection V, page 23:
"He'll be hanged yet."
— 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
"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."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"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."
— 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
"Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them."
— 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She hasn't finished the report ____, so the deadline is causing stress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I have not finished reading the book ____, but I find it very interesting and quite moving several pages today.