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  • 11yet — index notwithstanding Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12yet to be — index forthcoming Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13yet — n. m. ZOOL Grand mollusque gastéropode marin d Afrique occidentale (genre Cymbium), à coquille largement ouverte, dont le pied, séché, est consommé …

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  • 14yet — O.E. get, gieta till now, thus far, earlier, at last, also, an Anglo Frisian word (Cf. O.Fris. ieta, M.H.G. ieuzo), of unknown origin; perhaps connected to PIE pronomial stem *i (see YON (Cf. yon)). The meaning in other Germanic languages is… …

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  • 15yet — yet1 W1S1 [jet] adv [: Old English; Origin: giet] 1.) a) used in negative statements and questions to talk about whether something that was expected has happened ▪ I haven t asked him yet (=but I will) . ▪ Has Edmund arrived yet? ▪ Have you… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16yet — [[t]je̱t[/t]] ♦ 1) ADV: usu with brd neg, ADV with v, ADV group You use yet in negative statements to indicate that something has not happened up to the present time, although it probably will happen. You can also use yet in questions to ask if… …

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  • 17yet */*/*/ — UK [jet] / US adverb, conjunction Summary: Yet can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: I haven t seen him yet. ♦ Have you had your lunch yet? ♦ His latest crime was the worst yet. ♦ I have yet to spend summer in the mountains. as a… …

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  • 18yet — 1 /jet/ adverb 1 (in questions or negatives) until now or until a particular time: Has Edmund arrived yet? | The potatoes aren t quite ready yet. see just 1 2 as yet an expression meaning until this moment, used in questions and negatives: We ve… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19yet*/*/*/ — [jet] adv, conjunction 1) not before a particular time used for talking or asking about something that has not happened at a particular time, but will probably happen in the future She hasn t decided yet if she wants to come.[/ex] ‘Are you… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 20yet — /jɛt / (say yet) adverb 1. at the present time: don t go yet. 2. up to a particular time, or thus far: he had not yet come. 3. in the time still remaining, or before all is done: there is yet time. 4. now or then as previously; still: he is here… …