yet

CEFRA1

/jɛt/

adverb · conjunction

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    Until now or until a particular time.

  2. 02

    conjunction

    But or nevertheless, showing a contrast.

Examples

  • And yet, the contrary is always true as well.

  • I haven't received a letter from him yet.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  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.

More examples

In context

  • "Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."

  • We do not yet know what happened.

  • Have you finished yet?

Synonyms

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Origin

adverb

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.