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yet

adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
 
 
/jet/

Definition

C1 from now and for a particular period of time in the future: She won't be back for a long time yet. Our holiday isn't for weeks yet.In the future and soon have yet to C2 If you have yet to do something, you have not done it: They have yet to make a decision.PotentialHoping and hopefulness
(Definition of yet adverb (IN THE FUTURE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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