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# yet

«yet» in Mova's school dictionary: **up to now: «Has he come yet?»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#m1)

2) Yet means but, still: «It was cold, yet sunny». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#m2)

3) Yet can mean even, still more: «yet another cake». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x1)
- 5 guests have not arrived yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x2)
- How many more pages are left to read yet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x3)
- He has not spent his money yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x4)
- Are we there yet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x5)
- I can't swim yet, but I'm learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x6)
- It was raining, yet we still had fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x7)
- The dog chewed yet another shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x8)
- Nana, it isn’t six o’clock yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/8/)
- [Yet the same technology was reported to help scientists find new antibiotics.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/22-news-jobs-art-safety/5/)
- [Deliberate practice means working on purpose on the parts you cannot do yet, slowly and carefully.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/8/)
- [One could almost stand under the other, yet they greet each other as dogs, because they are one species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/1/)
- [An octopus is a soft relative of snails and clams, yet it is one of the cleverest animals in the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.