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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
Example:
a yet sadder tale
Synonyms:
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
Example:
granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go
Synonyms:
all the same; at the same time; even so; however; nevertheless; nonetheless; notwithstanding; still; withal; yet
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Sense 3
Meaning:
Up to the present time
Example:
details are yet to be worked out
Classified under:
Adverbs
Sense 4
Meaning:
Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
Example:
the sun isn't up yet
Synonyms:
as yet; heretofore; hitherto; so far; thus far; til now; until now; up to now; yet
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Adverbs
Sense 5
Meaning:
Used after a superlative
Example:
the largest drug bust yet
Synonyms:
so far; yet
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Adverbs
Sense 6
Meaning:
Within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
Example:
in time they came to accept the harsh reality
Synonyms:
in time; yet
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
Charles Hayter seemed aware of being slighted, and yet Henrietta had sometimes the air of being divided between them.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Yet in what darkness, what dense ignorance, was the mental battle fought!
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
To doubt her truth or good intentions was impossible; and yet, during the whole of their conversation her manner had been odd.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
"I am not very clear yet why I am to interview this gentleman. What has he done?"
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, she needn't get out her bandboxes yet.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
And yet I was not alarmed; the fall seemed natural, like a return to the old days before I had made my discovery.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I don’t pretend to understand it all yet, but very curious people anyway.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet a man it was, I could no longer be in doubt about that.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“And yet you can understand that they might seem rococo in the Mall. If you leave him in my hands I shall see to the matter.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet there is truth in what he says, for, as you know well, the song was not of the cleanest.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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