yesterday

[yes-ter-dey, -dee]

adverb

1. on the day preceding this day.

2. a short time ago.

   Yesterday your money went further.

noun

1. the day preceding this day.

2. time in the immediate past.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the day before or to a time in the immediate past.

   yesterday morning.

yesterday

/ -ˌdeɪ, ˈjɛstədɪ /

noun

1. the day immediately preceding today

2. (often plural) the recent past

adverb

1. on or during the day before today

2. in the recent past

Other Word Forms

• yesterdayness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of yesterday¹

before 950; Middle English; Old English geostran dæg. See yester-, day

Idioms and Phrases

see not born yesterday.

Example Sentences

“They were busy in our area yesterday,” he warned his employees.

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And inflation, as reported yesterday, has been ticking up lately, not down.

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When a 30-year bond trades for less than it did yesterday, investors and managers everywhere generally mark it down.

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"The way in which we bowled yesterday was phenomenal. A lot happened on day one, a good day for the bowlers," he said.

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"I would say yesterday was just missing by centimeters," Korda said of her putting performance on Thursday.

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