yesterday
Americanadverb
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on the day preceding this day.
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a short time ago.
Yesterday your money went further.
noun
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yesterdays
plural
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the day preceding this day.
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time in the immediate past.
adjective
noun
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the day immediately preceding today
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(often plural) the recent past
adverb
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on or during the day before today
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in the recent past
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Etymology
Origin of yesterday
before 950; Middle English; Old English geostran dæg. See yester-, day
Example Sentences
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“I left here yesterday and headed to the golf course and was very excited on the drive over there with how yesterday went and kind of what I’ve seen this team could be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Antonio Varela remembers the website's launch like it was yesterday.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"I think, however, that she will get better over time, because my gut feeling yesterday was that she was still in new territory."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
CME Group’s FedWatch tracking on Wednesday showed the likelihood of an October hike going from 55% yesterday to closer to 70%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
When she comes back, she puts on the dressed-up-like-Ray clothes she wore yesterday.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
As he put it on stage about being 73, “there’s a lot more yesterdays, and more goodbyes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
At this moment in its history, Pittsburgh is working to blend its fabled industrial yesterdays with a 21st-century economy based increasingly on services and innovation — something the map project reflects.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
“We’re all in our twilight years; we have more yesterdays than tomorrows,” Davis said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2021
It was not always easy to live down Brown’s yesterdays either.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2020
Syrupy sweet, each word sounding like the melodies I remember from many years of yesterdays.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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