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yet

adv
/jɛt/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *do✻
  2. inherited from *ta✻ — “to, towards”
  3. derived from *h₂yew-✻
  4. inherited from *juta✻
  5. inherited from *jūta✻
  6. inherited from ġīet
  7. inherited from yet

Definitions

  1. Thus far

    Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.

    • I haven't finished yet.
    • Have you finished yet?
    • We do not yet know what happened.

  2. At some future time

    At some future time; eventually.

    • The riddle will be solved yet.
    • He'll be hanged yet.

  3. Not as of the time referenced.

    • I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
    • I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
    • They are yet to win a single match. — They have not yet won a single match.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. In addition.

      • There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
      • 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.

    2. Even.

      • K-2 is yet higher than this.
      • Oh no! Yet more problems!
      • Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them.

    3. Nevertheless

      Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

      • I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!
      • It’s incredible yet true.
      • Nor Court nor Citie had ſhe ſeene, yeat eithers prayſe ſhe had: / So much more vvorth by hovve much leſſe ſhe vvas vn-nicely clad.

    4. To pour.

      • […] & stablenes of perseueraunce; graunt me for all wor[l]dly consolacyons the swete, gracyous vnccyon of the holy goost, & for all carnall loue
      • Some with a fals herte, and a payntyd face In his lordes seruyce to haue chefe rowme and place Into his lordes erys yetyth secretly Lyes venemous, […]

    5. To melt

      To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).

      • […] whiche shall present him selfe openly stained or embrued with sondry colours, or poudered with the duste of stones that he cutteth, or perfumed with tedious sauours of the metalles by him yoten.

    6. A metal pan or boiler

      A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

    7. To get.

The neighborhood

Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA