yet /jɛt/adverb 8verb 3conjunction 1noun 1forms 6phrases 1 adverb8 •used in questions and after "not" to mean up to now, often when something is expectedI haven't finished yet.Have you finished yet? •Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time. •In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.Don't switch it on yet – wait until I've reconnected the pump. •Not as of the time referenced.I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention. •Even.K-2 is yet higher than this.Oh no! Yet more problems! •In addition.There are two hours yet to go until our destination. •At some future time; eventually.The riddle will be solved yet. •(literary, no longer used) In affirmative use: still.He is yet breathing. (He is still breathing.)O, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave […]? (US National Anthem) verb3 •(nonstandard) To get. •(no longer used) To pour.Some with a fals herte, and a payntyd face In his lordes seruyce to haue chefe rowme and place Into his lordes erys yetyth secretly Lyes venemous, […] — 1509 •(dialect, no longer used) To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).[…] whiche shall present him selfe openly stained or embrued with sondry colours, or poudered with the duste of stones that he cutteth, or perfumed with tedious sauours of the metalles by him yoten. — 1531 conjunction1 •Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.I thought I knew you, yet how wrong was I!It’s incredible yet true. noun1 •(dialect) A metal pan or boiler; yetling. formsyetted · yot · yoten · yotten · yetting · yets Phrases with yet as yetUp to the present.