# yet

Pronunciation: say "YET" /jɛt/

## Adverb

1. Up to now or up to a given time, or as soon as now; used mainly in questions, negatives, and after superlatives (not yet, the best yet, don't go yet).
   - Simple: Until now, or this soon. Used in questions and 'not' sentences, as in 'not yet'.
   - _The committee has not yet decided where to hold the conference._
   - _Are we there yet, or do we have farther to go?_
3. Used to stress something further or additional, or, before a comparative, an even greater degree: 'yet another delay', 'yet sharper'.
   - Simple: Used to stress one more thing or an even greater amount, as in 'yet another problem'.
   - _The new rules added yet another layer of paperwork for staff._
   - _After three delays, the airline announced yet further changes to the schedule._
4. At some future time; eventually, especially in spite of present circumstances.
   - Simple: At some time in the future, in the end.
   - _The underdog team could take the championship yet._
   - _Given enough time, these seedlings will bear fruit yet._
6. Placed between have or be and a to-infinitive to mark that something has not occurred up to now but could still occur.
   - Simple: Put after have or be, before to and a verb, to show something has not happened but may still happen.
   - _Scientists have yet to find a cure for the common cold._
   - _Most of the new housing promised for the town is yet to be built._

## Conjunction

2. Used to introduce a statement that contrasts with or seems surprising after what came before; nevertheless.
   - Simple: Used to join two ideas when the second is surprising after the first.
   - _The instructions were clear, yet somehow everyone ended up confused._
   - _He had every advantage, yet he squandered each opportunity._

## Adverb

5. In affirmative statements, still; continuing up to and including the present moment. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Still happening or still true, up to the present moment.
   - _Though the hour was late, a single candle glowed yet in the window._
   - _His courage, battered by years of hardship, burned bright yet._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To obtain or acquire something.
- (noun) A metal pan or boiler, used for cooking or heating; also called a yetling.
- (verb) To melt metal and cast it, pouring the molten material into a mold.
- (verb) To pour out a liquid.

## Origin

Old English ġīet or gȳta passed into Middle English as yet or yit. It goes back to Proto-Germanic *juta, which joined *ju ("already"), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning "long time," with *ta ("to, towards"). German jetzt ("now") is related, and Dutch ooit ("ever") may be too.

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