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AS YET
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
Example:
the sun isn't up yet
Synonyms:
as yet; heretofore; hitherto; so far; thus far; til now; until now; up to now; yet
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Context examples:
I cannot as yet see any connection.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Purely negative as yet,” my friend answered.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Already many men had gone into the castle, but as yet none had come out again.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
He compared the tale, as yet unwritten, with the tales of the sea-writers, and he felt it to be immeasurably superior.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Then François’s lash descended, and Buck had the satisfaction of watching Spitz receive the worst whipping as yet administered to any of the teams.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
"An enormous blood-tick, as yet, I believe, unclassified."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I had found sublimity and wonder in the dread heights and precipices, in the roaring torrents, and the wastes of ice and snow; but as yet, they had taught me nothing else.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Possibly Beauty Smith, arch-fiend and tormentor, was capable of breaking White Fang's spirit, but as yet there were no signs of his succeeding.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
As yet I had not thought; I had only listened, watched, dreaded; now I regained the faculty of reflection.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Perhaps I have as yet no right; but by what other name can I call you?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
