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Definitions

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not yet
1. adv. Not for the moment, though expected later.
Analysis
not		©
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
2. adv. To no degree.
That is not red; it's orange.
yet		©
1. adv. (usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
He has never yet been late for an appointment;   I’m not yet wise enough to answer that;   Have you finished yet?
2. adv. Continuously up to the current time; still.
The workers went to the factory early and are striking yet.
3. adv. At some future time; eventually.

Example Sentences

My time here is not yet finished.  Police do not yet know the cause of the crash but suspect mechanical failure.  The situation is not yet desperate, but it is deteriorating rapidly.  However, he warned that London was not yet safe enough for cyclists.  That looks rather difficult to sustain when we have not yet found a single weapon of mass destruction to disarm.

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