Yet
adverb
Up until now or at the time being spoken about.
I haven't finished my homework yet.
Often appears as...
- not yet
- haven't yet
conjunction
Despite this; nevertheless.
The path was dark, yet I slowly moved forward.
Often appears as...
- yet i
- yet he
adverb
Even more; still.
The situation is bad, but it could get yet worse.
Often appears as...
- yet worse
- yet more
adverb
An additional point; moreover.
The house is beautiful. And yet, I wouldn't want to live there.
Often appears as...
- and yet
- yet again
adverb
Up until now or at the time being spoken about.
I haven't finished my homework yet.
Often appears as...
- not yet
- haven't yet
conjunction
Despite this; nevertheless.
The path was dark, yet I slowly moved forward.
Often appears as...
- yet i
- yet he
adverb
Even more; still.
The situation is bad, but it could get yet worse.
Often appears as...
- yet worse
- yet more
adverb
An additional point; moreover.
The house is beautiful. And yet, I wouldn't want to live there.
Often appears as...
- and yet
- yet again
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Expectation Not Met
Use 'yet' to show that something expected has not happened.
She hasn't called me yet.
Pro Tip 2/3Progress Indication
'Yet' often suggests progress is ongoing or assessment is interim.
They're not ready to leave yet.
Pro Tip 3/3Present Perfect Pair
'Yet' is commonly used with the present perfect tense to indicate time up to now.
Have you done your chores yet?
Pro Tip 1/3Expectation Not Met
Use 'yet' to show that something expected has not happened.
She hasn't called me yet.
Pro Tip 2/3Progress Indication
'Yet' often suggests progress is ongoing or assessment is interim.
They're not ready to leave yet.
Pro Tip 3/3Present Perfect Pair
'Yet' is commonly used with the present perfect tense to indicate time up to now.
Have you done your chores yet?
Pro Tip 1/3Expectation Not Met
Use 'yet' to show that something expected has not happened.
She hasn't called me yet.
Pro Tip 2/3Progress Indication
'Yet' often suggests progress is ongoing or assessment is interim.
They're not ready to leave yet.
Pro Tip 3/3Present Perfect Pair
'Yet' is commonly used with the present perfect tense to indicate time up to now.
Have you done your chores yet?
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albeitbe that as it mayeven sohoweverneverthelessnonethelessnotwithstandingstill
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or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another. And yet we see no convincing evidence of any of it.
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The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands, with the painting done by yet another party.
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Rethinking infidelity...
yet universally practiced? Now, throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories that justified their need to roam,
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I'm not sure anyone knows the answer to that question, yet fantastical, fictional worlds are created everyday in our minds, on computers, even on napkins at the restaurant down the street.
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What forgiveness can...
and yet this is what happened I would have been paralyzed by guilt about my privilege except that Kennedy said to me with great compassion
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What's Hiding in the...
yet another hunter arrives it's one from the deep a humboldt squid
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
me know but I don't I don't I'll be able to help you just yet
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Bison Fight for Mating...
But there's life in the old bull yet.
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Why do people get so...
like arithmetic, that they've otherwise mastered. Academic anxiety certainly isn't limited to math, but it does seem to happen much more frequently, and cause more harm in that subject. So why would that be? Researchers aren't yet sure, but some studies suggest
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another. And yet we see no convincing evidence of any of it.
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Why do we love? A...
Is it all we need? Do we need it at all? If romantic love has a purpose, neither science nor psychology has discovered it yet. But over the course of history, some of our most respected philosophers have put forward some intriguing theories.
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The world’s most...
The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands, with the painting done by yet another party.
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Rethinking infidelity...
yet universally practiced? Now, throughout history, men practically had a license to cheat with little consequence, and supported by a host of biological and evolutionary theories that justified their need to roam,
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How to build a fictional...
I'm not sure anyone knows the answer to that question, yet fantastical, fictional worlds are created everyday in our minds, on computers, even on napkins at the restaurant down the street.
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What forgiveness can...
and yet this is what happened I would have been paralyzed by guilt about my privilege except that Kennedy said to me with great compassion
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What's Hiding in the...
yet another hunter arrives it's one from the deep a humboldt squid
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
me know but I don't I don't I'll be able to help you just yet
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Bison Fight for Mating...
But there's life in the old bull yet.
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Wayne Gretzky
Canadian Hockey Player
I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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Marlene Dietrich
American Actress
How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
When you touch the life of a man of this generation, that influence is felt through generations yet to come.
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Swami Vivekananda
Indian Clergyman
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real!
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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Wayne Gretzky
Canadian Hockey Player
I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One.
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Marlene Dietrich
American Actress
How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
When you touch the life of a man of this generation, that influence is felt through generations yet to come.
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Swami Vivekananda
Indian Clergyman
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real!
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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