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hasn't |
Hasn't is a short way to say or write "has not." |
natural |
We say something is natural when it is just the way it was when it came into the world and hasn't been changed by humans. [1/7 definitions] |
yet |
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. [1/2 definitions] |
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