Word Finder - yet

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(usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time; still

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He has never yet been late for an appointment;   I’m not yet wise enough to answer that;   Have you finished yet?

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Continuously up to the current time; still.

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The workers went to the factory early and are striking yet.

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At some future time; eventually; still.

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The riddle will be solved yet.

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(after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.

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He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.

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In addition.

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There are two hours yet to go until our destination.

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(degree) Even.

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K-2 is yet higher than this.

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Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

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I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.

It was early, yet we were all ready for bed after our long hike.

Why, I have not yet had time to settle down!

He would often say the exact opposite of what he had said on a previous occasion, yet both would be right.

I haven’t seen that movie yet, so don’t tell me how it ends!

You toil not, neither do you spin, yet God takes care of you and your little ones.

And yet, I remain very optimistic.

He is my worst enemy, and yet, I admire him as the wisest man in the world.

It requires the labor of thousands to make a pencil, and yet they are so inexpensive as to be almost free.

This drawing for art class is definitely my best yet.

Denisov had not yet returned.

When Carmen's father died, she thought she was alone in the world, yet all these people had been there for her.

And yet, Katie and Alex were close siblings now in spite of their age difference.

Yet, no matter how many times she tried to reassure herself of that, she remained concerned.

Yet perhaps this may be done.

He would want to know, yet if he did, he might try to drive in on icy highways.

What we do with it has yet to be written.

And yet their wealth hasn't changed.

He flushed joyfully yet with painful distress.

Simon hasn’t called yet, but I’m expecting to hear from him any minute.

Imagine a thousand new arts, none of which are even invented yet, each with a thousand new great masters.

The evening was ending, but the night had not yet come.

They must have been close, and yet, to the best of her memory, Alex had not spoken of Gerald.

We only have people doing this work because we have not yet developed the technology to get machines to do it.

And yet, we know of no cases of mass "left behind-ness," of people unable to learn how to function in this environment.

It is yet another major disincentive to war—and we are only six items into our list!

He was with her physically and attached emotionally, yet his thoughts were severed.

Yet sooner or later it had to be, and she went in.

We don't yet know what it all does.

There was no joy in life, yet life was passing.

Christmas was only a few days away, and yet it didn't seem like Christmas.

Strange as it was to her to acknowledge this feeling in herself, yet there it was.

Something isn't right yet.

The will has not yet been opened.

And yet, didn't clinical words like selective reduction and gestational carrier mask the facts?

It is wonderful how rapidly yet perfectly the sand organizes itself as it flows, using the best material its mass affords to form the sharp edges of its channel.

Yet till this is otherwise we are not civilized, and, if gentlemen and ladies, are not true men and women.

And yet, this latest contention was about inheritance, not love.

Yet somewhere deep inside she feared that if he was capable of betrayal once, then he might be again.

Something wasn't right, yet the doctor insisted he was doing fine.

And yet pencils get made, more than a billion of them a year, and they are essentially given away.

Yet in most parts of the world, emancipation came peacefully as the civilizing effects of culture transformed society.

All was destroyed, except something intangible yet powerful and indestructible.

Why are you putting your coat on? It’s not time to go yet.

He doesn't know yet.

Your time is yet to come.

Yet the next morning he acted normal - even cheerful.

Well, I haven't found out anything yet.

His tone was kind, even understanding, yet it tore a sob from deep in her lungs.

No details yet, Before I could answer, I was interrupted by a scream from my wife that sent chills down my spine.

He did not venture to repeat what he had said at his first examination, yet to disclose his rank and position was dangerous and embarrassing.