yetadverb
uk/jet/us/jet/yet adverb (UNTIL NOW)
A2 still; until the present time:
B2 the best, worst, etc. until now:
until and including this time:
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- Wait for it! I haven't said 'go' yet.
- We haven't discussed the matter in detail yet.
- Has he found himself a place to live yet?
- The details of the contract have not yet been settled.
- His new novel is advertised as his steamiest yet.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Until a particular moment
- before
- date
- day
- far
- hitherto
- in
- inside
- interim
- meantime
- now
- pending
- thus
- till
- to
- to date idiom
- until
- up to
- wait
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yet adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
C1 from now and for a particular period of time in the future:
C2 If you have yet to do something, you have not done it:
More examples
- The issue of funding has yet to be addressed.
- The new daytime soap opera has yet to show signs that it's clicking with the television audience.
- Don't panic, there's bags of time yet.
- He won't be home for ages yet ... Oh, I spoke too soon - here he is now!
- The full details have yet to be confirmed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In the future & soon
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead
- all in good time idiom
- anon
- ASAP
- come
- in for sth idiom
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- later
- long
- someday
- sometime
- soon
- sooner or later idiom
- space
- the days/week(s)/year(s) to come idiom
- then
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yet adverb (EVEN NOW)
C2 even at this stage or time:
More examples
- We might yet be able to book a holiday.
- I may yet get rich.
- It could yet turn out to be an important discovery.
- It may yet turn out to have been the correct decision.
- He could yet choose to abandon the project.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Also, extra, and in addition
- added
- additional
- again
- along
- also
- case
- excess
- for good measure idiom
- for luck idiom
- furthermore
- hand
- have sth in hand idiom
- say
- second 1
- side
- the icing on the cake idiom
- thirdly
- to boot idiom
- to cap it all idiom
- to say nothing of ... idiom
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yet adverb (MORE)
B2 used to add emphasis to words such as another and again, especially to show an increase in amount or the number of times something happens:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Also, extra, and in addition
- added
- additional
- again
- along
- also
- case
- excess
- for good measure idiom
- for luck idiom
- furthermore
- hand
- have sth in hand idiom
- say
- second 1
- side
- the icing on the cake idiom
- thirdly
- to boot idiom
- to cap it all idiom
- to say nothing of ... idiom
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yetadverb, conjunction
uk/jet/us/jet/B1 (and) despite that; used to add something that seems surprising because of what you have just said:
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- You say that you're good friends and yet you don't trust him. Isn't that a bit of a contradiction?
- The government is being accused of (having) double standards in the way it is so tough on law and order yet allows its own MPs to escape prosecution for fraud.
- He claims that he is completely committed to the project and yet this is manifestly untrue.
- He's had the benefit of an expensive education and yet he continues to work as a waiter.
- You see, to my untutored eye that just looks like a load of random brush strokes and yet it's a very valuable painting.
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Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- again
- any way you slice it idiom
- at any rate idiom
- at least idiom
- best
- but
- disjunctive
- given
- however
- least
- might
- never
- nevertheless
- no thanks to sb idiom
- rate
- seeing (that)
- slice
- though
- tooth
- when
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