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{
"term": "yet",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used in negative sentences and questions to talk about something that has not happened but that you expect to happen",
"sensetop": "not yethave yet to do something",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)North American EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I haven't received a letter from him yet."
},
{
"text": "I didn't receive a letter from him yet."
},
{
"text": "‘Are you ready?’ ‘No, not yet.’",
"contextForm": "not yet"
},
{
"text": "We **don't yet know** what really happened."
},
{
"text": "We have **yet to decide** what action to take *(= We have not decided what action to take)*.",
"contextForm": "have yet to do something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "now; as soon as this",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't go yet."
},
{
"text": "We don't need to start yet."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to emphasize an increase in number or amount or the number of times something happens",
"sensetop": "yet more…yet another…yet again",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "snow, snow and yet more snow",
"contextForm": "yet more…"
},
{
"text": "yet another diet book",
"contextForm": "yet another…"
},
{
"text": "Prices were cut yet again *(= once more, after many other times)*.",
"contextForm": "yet again"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to emphasize that something is the best, longest, etc. thing of its kind made, produced, written, etc. until now/then",
"sensetop": "the best, longest, etc. something yet",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the most comprehensive study yet of his music"
},
{
"text": "It was the tallest building yet constructed anywhere."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "from now until the period of time mentioned has passed",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He'll be busy for ages yet."
},
{
"text": "They won't arrive for at least two hours yet."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "used to say that something could, might, etc. happen in the future, even though it seems unlikely",
"sensetop": "could, might, may, etc. do something yet",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We may win yet."
},
{
"text": "She could yet surprise us all."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "used to emphasize an increase in the degree of something (= how bad, important, etc. it is)",
"sensetop": "yet worse, more importantly, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a recent and yet more improbable theory"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "until now or until a particular time in the past",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an as yet unpublished report"
},
{
"text": "As yet little was known of the causes of the disease."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that while one thing is good, another thing is even better",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can see and, better yet, hear the effects of these changes on their website."
},
{
"text": "I wanted to make my parents proud by becoming a lawyer or, better yet, a doctor."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not now but probably quite soon",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't give you the money just yet."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to comment on something that was almost successful but in fact failed",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/jet/",
"audio": "ye/yet/yet__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/jet/",
"audio": "ye/yet/yet__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English gīet(a), of unknown origin."
}