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- pronunciation:
- yet
- parts of speech:
- adverb, conjunction
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adverb |
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If you have not had lunch yet, it means that you are going to have lunch, but you have not had lunch up now. If you dad hasn't come home yet, then you are expecting him to come home, but up to this time, he has not arrived.
We haven't gotten our new cat yet, but we're going to the animal shelter sometime this week.Liam and his mom were late, but they were lucky when they got to the bus stop because the bus hadn't come yet. |
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conjunction |
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Let's say something is old, yet it works well. It means that it is old, but it still works well. Let's say you are tired, yet you can't go to sleep. It means that even though you are tired, you still can't go to sleep.
Gabe ate a big breakfast, yet he was hungry by ten o'clock.Ms. Turner has a good job at the company, yet she is not really happy there.- similar words:
- but
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