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What are the different meanings of "yet" ?

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exRanger profile picture exRangerNovember 2018
"YET" is indeed a very tricky word in English; even native-English speakers -- American, Australian, and UK-based types -- misuse it, often, and especially in the written" form. Let's review just a handful of "meanings" associated with the term "YET"...

1. The anticipation that some phenomenon will, eventually, come to pass. Examples:

- I've yet to hear the newly-released 50th anniversary edition of The White Album by The Beatles. (translation: I have still not heard but expect to hear, eventually, the new release...."

- Yet it is so. (translation: but it is so)
- Are they there yet? (translation: have they by this time arrived @ an expected destination?)
- The steak is firm yet tender. (translation: while the steak is firm in its texture, the steak is not hard and thus easy to cut & consume)
- Not yet. (translation: I expect X will happen/occur/come to pass but am still awaiting for X to happen/occur/come to pass/etc.

- I have yet to meet a man capable of defeating me in battle. (translation: I encountered mutiple persons in battle, not one of whom has had the ability to overpower me in battle.)

- And yet... (translation: but then...)