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单词 yet
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yetadverb

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yet adverb (UNTIL NOW)

A2 still; until the present time:

I haven't spoken to her yet.
He hasn't finished yet.
"Are you ready?" "Not yet - wait a minute."
the best, worst, etc. yet

B2 the best, worst, etc. until now:

Of all the songs I've heard tonight, that's the best yet.
as yet C1 formal

until and including this time:

We haven't needed extra staff as yet, but we may in the future.
No ambulances had as yet managed to get across the river.

More examples

  • 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:

She won't be back for a long time yet.
Our holiday isn't for weeks yet.
have yet to

C2 If you have yet to do something, you have not done it:

They have yet to make a decision.

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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Potential

yet adverb (EVEN NOW)

C2 even at this stage or time:

We could yet succeed - you never know.
You might yet prove me wrong.
He may win yet.

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:

Rachel bought yet another pair of shoes to add to her collection.
I'm sorry to bother you yet again.
He's given us yet more work to do.

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:

simple yet effective
He's overweight and bald, (and) yet somehow, he's attractive.

More examples

  • 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.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

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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