Definition of As yet

1. Adverb. Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time. "The sun isn't up yet"


Definition of As yet

1. Adverb. (idiomatic) Up to the present; thus far. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of As Yet

as the crow flies
as the day is long
as the saying goes
as the wind blows
as they say
as though
as to
as usual
as was common
as we say
as we speak
as well
as well as
as yet (current term)
as you do
as you know
as you like
as you sow, so shall you reap
as you wish
asa dulcis
asafetidas
asafoetidas
asana
asanas
asaphus
asar

Literary usage of As yet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"As a matter of fact the book treats almost solely of those fields in which the results of experimentation can not as yet be analyzed nor definite ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... rhetorical foundation, and tends more and more to mere external breadth, not to inwardness and depth. were as yet undeveloped in the fourth century, ..."

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