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yet

220 1.0
To a greater degree than before
  • adverb
  • /jɛt/
translation icon : aún
  • And we're back with yet another blind dating video.
  • yet more
  • yet another example
  • yet again

They pounded out that worse yet, they'll go to the experts.

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Examples

  • Music by the featured composer provides yet another avenue to hear specific selections the class has been studying.

    Academic text (2013)
  • To send Lucy home in the midst of yet another family crisis was unthinkable.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Yeah, well, you guys, we have yet another question.

  • This week yet another war zone would open.

  • So Subaru came up with yet another cool idea.

  • The whole family had been rocked by yet another tragedy early that summer.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • When Bronx Lab opened in 2004, it was yet another small school determined to make advisory work.

    Academic text (2008)
  • She faced yet another challenge as she tried to finish her project.

  • In the film, he encountered yet another problem that made his journey more difficult.

  • The teacher assigned yet another task to her students before the holiday.

Synonyms

even
vsyet
1.0

Used to show a greater degree, often with words that compare

is often reserved for set phrases to highlight an added degree
still
vsyet
116 1.0

To show a greater degree than before

is used mainly in fixed phrases to stress a particular comparative

Antonyms

1.0

To a smaller degree than something else

Idioms

as yet
  • Formal
35 3.5

Up to the present time, often used when something has not happened

Even more serious problems will happen in the future

How Much

extremely
1.0
yet
220 1.0
quite
1.0
somewhat
816 2.0
slightly
885 1.0

Surface Forms

yet positive

Etymology

Yet comes from the old English ġiet, meaning 'still' or 'more', so in phrases like 'yet another' it works like 'more' or 'still' to show an extra degree.