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Yet

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1.SymbolISO 639-3 language code for Yetfa.
2.AdverbThus 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.
"I haven't finished yet.; Have you finished yet?; We do not yet know what happened.; He has never yet been late for an appointment.; Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump.; He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)"
3.AdverbIn negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
"I haven't finished yet.; Have you finished yet?; We do not yet know what happened.; He has never yet been late for an appointment."
4.AdverbIn negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
"Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump."
5.AdverbIn affirmative use: still.
"He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)"
6.AdverbAt some future time; eventually.
"The riddle will be solved yet."
7.AdverbNot 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.; He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced."
8.AdverbIn addition.
"There are two hours yet to go until our destination."
9.AdverbEven.
"K-2 is yet higher than this.; Oh no! Yet more problems!"
10.Adverb↑ Liberman, Anatoly (2008), “The Etymologies at a Glance”, in An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page xlvi.
11.Adverb↑ Marlies Philippa et al., eds., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, A-Z, s.v. “ooit” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009):
12.ConjunctionNevertheless; however; but; despite that.
"I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!; It’s incredible yet true."
13.VerbTo pour.
14.VerbTo melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).
15.NounA metal pan or boiler; yetling.
16.VerbTo get.
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