What does yet mean?
Yet means Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time..
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/jɛt/ · adverb
Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time..
The riddle will be solved yet.
He'll be hanged yet.
I’ve yet to see him. — I have not yet seen him.
I had yet to go to a convention. — I had not yet gone to a convention.
They are yet to win a single match. — They have not yet won a single match.
He seemed yet to be convinced. — He seemed not yet to have been convinced.
There are two hours yet to go until our destination.
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
Use yet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Yet means Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time..
Common synonyms include even now, still, erenow, so far.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The riddle will be solved yet.
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