yet

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   to a greater degree or extent

   We aim for yet better results.

2. 2
   adv

   despite anything to the contrary, usually following a concession

   You are right, yet I still disagree.

3. 3
   adv

   up to the present time

   I have yet to see the results.

4. 4
   adv

   used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

   Yet you have not lived up to expectations.

5. 5
   adv

   used after a superlative

   The violinist was the best yet.

6. 6
   adv

   within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time

   The gardeners longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves.

7. 7
   adv

   Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.

   I haven't finished yet.

8. 8
   adv

   At some future time; eventually.

   The riddle will be solved yet.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots yat (“to pour, yet”), West Frisian jitte (“to scatter, shed, pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour, cast, mould”), German gießen (“to pour, cast, mould”), Swedish gjuta (“to pour, cast”). Doublet of yote.