Yet vs Undefined - What's the difference?
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(dialectal) To melt; found; cast, as metal.
More at aye and .
(usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
Continuously up to the current time; still.
* Addison
At some future time; eventually.
* Shakespeare
(after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
In addition.
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* Francis Bacon
Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
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(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a verb yet
is (dialectal) to melt; found; cast, as metal.As a noun yet
is (dialectal) a metal pan or boiler; yetling.As an adverb yet
is (usually with negative) thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.As a conjunction yet
is nevertheless; however; but; despite that.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.yet
English
(wikipedia yet)Etymology 1
From (etyl) yeten, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (obsolete)Verb
(yett)Etymology 2
From (etyl) yet, yit, from (etyl) .Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction'', s.v. “yet” (Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2008), xlvi.Marlies Philippa et al., eds., ''Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands , A-Z, s.v. “ooit” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009):Adverb
(-)- facts they had heard while they were yet heathens
- He'll be hanged yet .
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=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.}}
Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, passage=After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.}}
- Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them.
Derived terms
* not yetReferences
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
No hiding place, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
Derived terms
* as yetundefined
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Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .