Meaning

3 senses
  1. (West Country, nonstandard)To get.

  2. (obsolete)To pour.

  3. (dialectal, obsolete)To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).

Examples

7627 sentences
  1. Have you taken your medicine yet?

    Ти вже прийняв ліки? — deniko

    ruТы уже принял лекарство? — Lenin_1917

    deHast du die Medizin schon genommen? — xtofu80

  2. Have you finished the work yet?

    Ти вже закінчив роботу? — deniko

    ruТы уже закончил работу? — marafon

    deHast du die Aufgabe schon erledigt? — quicksanddiver

  3. Have you read this book yet?

    Ти вже читав цю книжку? — deniko

    ruВы уже читали эту книгу? — ae5s

    deHast du dieses Buch schon gelesen? — MUIRIEL

  4. Have you read the book yet?

    Ти вже прочитав книгу? — deniko

    ruТы уже прочитал книгу? — Hellerick

    deHaben Sie das Buch bereits gelesen? — xtofu80

  5. Have you read today's paper yet?

    Ви вже прочитали сьогодняшній випуск газети? — deniko

    ruТы уже читала сегодняшнюю газету? — Imp

    deHabt ihr schon die Zeitung von heute gelesen? — MUIRIEL

Origin

Inherited from Middle English yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto

Inherited from Middle English yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots yat (“to pour, yet”), West Frisian jitte (“to scatter, shed, pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour, cast, mould”), German gießen (“to pour, cast, mould”), Swedish gjuta (“to pour, cast”). Doublet of yote.

Inherited from Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Old English ġietan, from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-. More at get.

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Forms

yets, yetting, yet, yet
Base formyet · to yet
3rd person singularyets
Present participleyetting
Past simpleyet / yetted / yot
Past participleyet / yetted / yoten / yotten

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyyet
he, she, ityets

Past simpleLesson

all personsyet

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave yet
he, she, ithas yet

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill yet

Collocations

12 patterns
  • done that yet
  • doing that yet
  • hasn't yet been
  • hasn't yet told
  • yet done done
  • doesn't yet know
  • do that yet
  • yet know what
  • haven't yet done
  • anything yet
  • ready yet
  • done done yet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto