Definition of Yet

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Definition of Yet

Yet

Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.

In addition; further; besides; over and above; still.

At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.

Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj.

Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time.

Even; -- used emphatically.

Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.

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Yet Quotations

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
Thomas Jefferson

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
Albert Einstein

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the "naturals," the ones who somehow know how to teach.
Peter Drucker

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
Abraham Lincoln

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Kahlil Gibran

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Kahlil Gibran

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
C. S. Lewis

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Mark Twain

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Mark Twain

Yet Translations

yet in Afrikaans is nog, al, alreeds, egter, reeds, maar, nietemin
yet in Danish is endnu, allerede
yet in Dutch is nog
yet in German is dennoch, sogar, da doch, schon/jetzt
yet in Latin is etiamnun, tamen

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