yet
• adverb 1 up until now or then. 2 as soon as the present or a specified or implied time: wait, don’t go yet. 3 from now into the future for a specified length of time. 4 referring to something that will or may happen in the future. 5 still; even (emphasizing increase or repetition). 6 in spite of that. • conjunction but at the same time. — PHRASES nor yet and also not. — ORIGIN Old English.
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