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1. Up until the present or a specified or implied time; by now or then.
I haven't told anyone else yet
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2. As soon as the present or a specified or implied time.
I don't need to sleep yet, it's still broad daylight.
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3. From now into the future for a specified length of time.
Because I got an early start, I plan to be around a long time yet.
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4. Referring to something that will or may happen in the future.
As long as Brandt's got a good lawyer, he may yet have a future as a writer.
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5. Still; even (used to emphasize increase or repetition)
yet another diet book
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6. In spite of that; nevertheless.
We are filled with sorrow, but yet, we are determined not to let this terror prevail.
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Conjunction
1. But at the same time; but nevertheless.
It is always too late to eat alone yet never too late to dine in company.
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Origin
1. Old English gīet(a), of unknown origin.

