Yet is a common English word that, when used as a

conjunction Conjunction may refer to: * Conjunction (grammar), a part of speech * Logical conjunction, a mathematical operator ** Conjunction introduction, a rule of inference of propositional logic * Conjunction (astronomy), in which two astronomical bodies ...

, is equivalent to the words "but" or "nevertheless". However, used as an adverb, ''yet'' defines an action's persistence in

time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...

. The word can define an action in the past, present or future: *''I have never yet been late.'' *''I yet stand.'' *''I will yet arrive.'' "yet" in questions: *''What do you have yet to learn?'' (in the future) *''Have you done it ?'' <=> ''Have you already done it?'' (in the past) The above use of "" is illogical, but very common and thus considered correct. Yet, or YET, may also refer to: *YET, the IATA code for Edson Airport, Alberta, Canada *YET, the National Rail code for Yetminster railway station in Dorset, UK * "Yet" (song) by the American band Exile *

Yett A yett (from the Old English and Scots language word for "gate") is a gate or grille of latticed wrought iron bars used for defensive purposes in castles and tower houses. Unlike a portcullis, which is raised and lowered vertically using mecha ...

, sometimes spelt ''yet'' is a local dialect term in lowland Scotland and Cumbria for a reinforced door or gate

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