Definition of: yet

(yet) adverb
1. In addition; besides; further: often with a comparative.
2. Before or at some future time; eventually: He will yet succeed.
3. In continuance of a previous state or condition; still: I can hear him yet.
4. At the present time; now: Don't go yet.
5. After all the time that has or had elapsed: Are you not ready yet?
6. Up to the present time; heretofore: commonly with a negative: He has never yet lied to me.
7. Than that which has been previously affirmed: with a comparative: It was hot yesterday; today it is hotter yet.
8. As much as; even: He did not believe the reports, nor yet the evidence.
—as yet Up to now.
—conj.
1. Nevertheless; notwithstanding: I speak to you peaceably, yet you will not listen.
2. But: He is willing, yet unable.
3. Although: active, yet ill. See synonyms under BUT¹, NOTWITHSTANDING. [OE gīet, gīeta] Synonyms (adverb): besides, further, hitherto, now, still. Yet and still have many closely related senses, and, with verbs of past time, are often interchangeable; we may say “while he was still a child.” Yet, like still, often applies to past action or state extending to and including the present time, especially when joined with as; we can say “He is feeble as yet,” or “He is still feeble,” with scarcely appreciable difference of meaning, except that the former statement implies somewhat more of expectation than the latter. Yet with a negative applies to completed action, often replacing a positive statement with still: “He has not gone yet” is nearly the same as “He is here still.” Yet has a reference to the future which still does not share; “We may be successful still” implies that we may continue to enjoy in the future such success as we are winning now.