not yet en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not at the moment nor anytime before it, although expected or possible later.
That which is blackish is not yet black. He who is being enriched is not yet rich. The preparation for a supper is not yet supping.
1858, Joseph Augustus Seiss, The Baptist System Examined, the Church Vindicated, and Sectarianism Rebuked, page 46:The rubric in Exhibit 3.2 provides criteria for exemplary, acceptable, and not yet acceptable work.
2011, Margery B. Ginsberg, Transformative Professional Learning, page 43:Guy is French, and in the context that Arthur is operating, he is not yet white.
1980, Revista/review Interamericana - Volume 10, Issues 1-3, page 328:[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
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(not-comparable) Not quite; not exactly.
Below the figure Dutch verses are engraved, which are thus translated: “No better dress than this; I am warm and not yet miserable; come on all those who have anything against me; I do not want any one's help;
1873, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, page 522:Although the principle of moral freedom of choice is not impotent to perform legal acts , individual good acts are not yet decisive of the total worth of man, because conversely only a good fundamental disposition imparts true worth to acts.
1896, Isaak August Dorner, A System of Christian Doctrine - Volume 3, page 68:Having the right condiment or prepared sauce on the table can save the meal for family members not yet ecstatic about new dishes.
1997, John A. McDougall, Mary McDougall, The New McDougall Cookbook:These things, to me, are some evidences that England is not yet utterly forsaken of the Lord its God, though the land be full of sin.
1851, John Owen, William H. Goold, The Works of John Owen, D.D., page 136:
Antonyms
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to date · no longer · not anymore · so far
Translations (71)
fi ei vielä (not for the moment, though expected later) · hy դեռ ոչ (not for the moment, though expected later) · qu manaraq (not for the moment, though expected later) · fo ikki enn (not for the moment, though expected later) · zdj raha (not for the moment, though expected later) · he טֶרֶם (not for the moment, though expected later) · it non ancora (not for the moment, though expected later) · ca encara no (not for the moment, though expected later) · uk по́ки ні (not for the moment, though expected later) · tr daha değil (not for the moment, though expected later) · io ne ja (not for the moment, though expected later) · ja まだ (not for the moment, though expected later) · nv tʼah dooda (not for the moment, though expected later) · id belum (not for the moment, though expected later) · pl jeszcze nie (not for the moment, though expected later) · grc οὔπω (not for the moment, though expected later) · be паку́ль не (not for the moment, though expected later) · nl nog niet (not for the moment, though expected later) · ase OpenB@NearSideTrunkhigh-PalmBack Nod (not for the moment, though expected later) · sk ešte nie (not for the moment, though expected later) · el όχι ακόμα (not for the moment, though expected later) · ga ní…go fóill (not for the moment, though expected later) · grc μηδέπω (not for the moment, though expected later) · vi chưa (not for the moment, though expected later) · cy ddim eto (not for the moment, though expected later) · nv tʼahdoo (not for the moment, though expected later) · vo no nog (not for the moment, though expected later) · mi kīhai anō (not for the moment, though expected later) · ru всё ещё не́т (not for the moment, though expected later) · be яшчэ́ не (not for the moment, though expected later) · bg о́ще не (not for the moment, though expected later) · oc pas encara (not for the moment, though expected later) · hu még nem (not for the moment, though expected later) · cmn 未 (not for the moment, though expected later) · ar لَمْ ... حَتَّى الْآنَ (not for the moment, though expected later) · pt ainda não (not for the moment, though expected later) · fa هنوز نه (not for the moment, though expected later) · ro încă nu (not for the moment, though expected later) · ka ჯერ არა (not for the moment, though expected later) · ga ní…fós (not for the moment, though expected later) · ko 아직 (not for the moment, though expected later) · ru пока́ не́т (not for the moment, though expected later) · eo ankoraŭ ne (not for the moment, though expected later) · cmn 尚未 (not for the moment, though expected later) · ms belum (not for the moment, though expected later) · fr pas encore (not for the moment, though expected later) · ja まだまだ (not for the moment, though expected later) · li nanneet (not for the moment, though expected later) · af nog nie (not for the moment, though expected later) · he עוֹד לֹא (not for the moment, though expected later) · cmn 還沒有…… /还没有…… (not for the moment, though expected later) · xbr ndedi (not for the moment, though expected later) · mi kīanō (not for the moment, though expected later) · ar لَمْ ... بَعْدُ (not for the moment, though expected later) · es aún no (not for the moment, though expected later) · es todavía no (not for the moment, though expected later) · arz لِسّا (not for the moment, though expected later) · tr henüz değil (not for the moment, though expected later) · uk ще ні (not for the moment, though expected later) · la nondum (not for the moment, though expected later) · oc pas enquera (not for the moment, though expected later) · unm nèsko (not for the moment, though expected later) · grc μήπω (not for the moment, though expected later) · ru ещё не́т (not for the moment, though expected later) · la hauddum (not for the moment, though expected later) · de noch nicht (not for the moment, though expected later) · mhr але (not for the moment, though expected later) · mk се уште не (not for the moment, though expected later) · th ยังไม่ (not for the moment, though expected later) · nrf pas acore (not for the moment, though expected later) · mk уште не (not for the moment, though expected later)