yet
Meaning
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- Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
- Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
- Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.
- At some future time; eventually.
- Not as of the time referenced.
- In addition.
- Even.
Synonyms
until now
even now
til now
for all that
notwithstanding that
still more
by this time
up to this point
and yet
before now
for a minute
wait a little
for a second
as before
before then
by then
for a moment
for a while
in what way
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jɛt/
Etymology
From Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ġīet, gȳta, from Proto-West Germanic *jūta, from Proto-Germanic *juta (compare West Frisian jit, jitte (“yet”), Dutch ooit (“ever”), German jetzt (“now”)), compound of (1) *ju (“already”, adverb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-, accusative of *h₂óyu (“long time”) and (2) the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to, towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th.
Cognate with Dutch
ooit
Cognate with German
jetzt
Cognate with Western Frisian
jitte
Cognate with Dutch
gieten
Cognate with German
gießen
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