“yet” – English explanatory dictionary

adv 1. already, until now ○ Has the manager arrived yet? ○ I haven’t seen her yet this morning. ○ Don’t throw the newspaper away – I haven’t read it yet. 2. □ as yet up till now ○ They have not managed to repair the fault as yet. ○ As yet, he hasn’t given me any explanation for being late. 3. still, even ○ The police charged and yet more fans were arrested. ○ She ate yet another piece of cake. 4. in the future ○ All hope is not lost, we may yet win the championship. ■ conj but, still ○ He’s very small and yet he can kick a ball a long way. ○ It was starting to snow, and yet he went out without a coat.

n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.

adv. [OE. yet, &yogh;et, &yogh;it, AS. git, gyt, giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo, ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]
1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. ´A little longer; yet a little longer.´ Dryden. “This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy.” Atterbury. “The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice.” L’Estrange.
2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still. “Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens.” Addison.
3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; — and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj. “Ne never yet no villainy ne said.” Chaucer.
4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time. ´He ’ll be hanged yet.´ Shak.
5. Even; — used emphatically. “Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them.” Bacon.

conj. Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however. “Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” Matt. vi. 29. Syn. — See However.