yet
part of speech
adverb (yet); conjunction (yet)
meaning for a pupil
1) Yet means up to now: «Has he come yet?». «Not yet» means it has not happened so far but may happen. tree →
2) Yet means but, still: «It was cold, yet sunny». tree →
3) Yet can mean even, still more: «yet another cake». tree →
sense in the lessons
In school maths: what is not done so far; the amount still to do; remaining = total − done. In everyday life: «Are we there yet?», «Not yet!», «Have you finished yet?». A growth mindset says «I can't do it yet». Phrases: «not yet», «as yet», «yet again», «yet another».
examples
- She has read 40 pages but has not finished yet. tree →
- 5 guests have not arrived yet. tree →
- How many more pages are left to read yet? tree →
- He has not spent his money yet. tree →
- Are we there yet? tree →
- I can't swim yet, but I'm learning. tree →
- It was raining, yet we still had fun. tree →
- The dog chewed yet another shoe. tree →
- Nana, it isn’t six o’clock yet. tree →
note
«Yet» goes at the end of questions and «not» sentences: «Have you eaten yet?», «I haven't eaten yet». In plain «yes» sentences use «already»: «I have already eaten». Maths: «not yet» marks the part still to come: remaining = total − done.
In the corpora
- Being arrested means the police think someone may have committed a crime and will question them; it is not yet proof.
- Yet the same technology was reported to help scientists find new antibiotics.
- Deliberate practice means working on purpose on the parts you cannot do yet, slowly and carefully.
- One could almost stand under the other, yet they greet each other as dogs, because they are one species.
- An octopus is a soft relative of snails and clams, yet it is one of the cleverest animals in the sea.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «yet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.