yet

yet
1 /jet/ adverb
1 (in questions or negatives) until now or until a particular time: Has Edmund arrived yet? | The potatoes aren't quite ready yet.
—see just 1
2 as yet an expression meaning until this moment, used in questions and negatives: We've had no luck as yet. | As yet, there's been no news.
3 not yet an expression meaning not at the present time, used especially in the answer to questions: “Are you ready to leave?” “Not just yet.”
4 but or in spite of something: a simple yet effective system
5 months/weeks/ages yet used to emphasize how long it will be before something happens or how long a situation will last: “When's your holiday?” “Oh, not for ages yet.”
6 in the future, in spite of the way that things seem now: We may win yet. | The plan could yet succeed.
7 even or still: yet another reason to be cautious | a yet worse mistake | yet again (=one more time after many others): I'm sorry to disturb you yet again.
8 formal still: I have yet to hear Ray's version of what happened. (=I still have not heard it)
USAGE NOTE: YET FORMALITY Yet often comes either immediately after a negative word or at the end of a clause, but there is a difference of style. In a formal meeting you might hear: We do not yet know the answer. In informal conversation you might say: I don't know the answer yet (NOT I don't know yet the answer). Yet may also be placed immediately after the verb where a clause follows: I don't know yet whether she'll come or not. 2 conjunction used to introduce a statement that is surprising after what you have just said: It's only a little shop and yet it always has such lovely decorations. | She's a funny girl, yet you can't help liking her.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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