LONGMAN 3000 WORDS
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yet S1 W1 /jet/ adverb
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a) used in negative statements and questions to talk about whether something that was expected has happened:
I haven’t asked him yet (=but I will).
Have you finished your homework?’ ‘Not yet.’
b) used in negative statements and questions to talk about whether a situation has started to exist:
How are you going to get there?’ ‘I don’t know yet.’
Is supper ready?’ ‘No, not yet.
2 used in negative sentences to say that someone should not or need not do something now, although they may have to do it later:
You can’t give up yet!
3 used to emphasize that something is even more than it was before or is in addition to what existed before SYN still
yet more/bigger/higher etc
Inflation had risen to a yet higher level.
4 the biggest/worst etc (something) yet
used to say that something is the biggest, worst etc of its kind that has existed up to now:
This could turn out to be our biggest mistake yet.
5 as (of) yet
used when saying that something has not happened up to now:
We’ve had no luck as yet.
6 months/weeks/ages yet
used to emphasize how much time will pass before something happens, or how long a situation will continue:
It could be months yet before they know their fate.
7 could/may/might yet do something
used to say that something is still possible in the future, inspite of the way that things seem now:
The plan could yet succeed.
8 somebody/something has yet to do something
used to say that someone has not done something, or that something has not happened when you think it should already have been done or have happened:
The bank has yet to respond to our letter.
yet W2 conjunction
used to introduce a fact, situation, or quality that is surprising after what you have just said:
Kelly was a convicted criminal, yet many people admired him.
She does not speak our language and yet she seems to understand what we say.