yesterday

[ yes-ter-dey, -dee ]

/ ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di /

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adverb

on the day preceding this day.

a short time ago: Yesterday your money went further.

noun

the day preceding this day.

time in the immediate past.

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the day before or to a time in the immediate past: yesterday morning.

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Origin of yesterday

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

OTHER WORDS FROM yesterday

yes·ter·day·ness, noun

Words nearby yesterday

Yeşil Irmak, Yeşilköy, yes-man, yes-no question, yester, yesterday, yestereve, yesterevening, yestermorning, yestern, yesternight

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How to use yesterday in a sentence

In a study published in the journal Nature yesterday, lab-grown clumps of human brain cells were transplanted into the brains of newborn rats.
The Download: AI’s life-and-death decisions, and plant-based steak|Rhiannon Williams|October 13, 2022|MIT Technology Review
It’s our duty to make sure that their future is better than their past, and that their tomorrows are better than their yesterdays.
Former circus elephants just arrived at a new sanctuary. They are swimming and grazing on fruit buffets.|Cathy Free|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
NEW ORLEANS — John Boehner was reelected House Speaker yesterday by his Republican colleagues despite some dissenting members.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I spent time yesterday listening to the music you made, and looking at the art you created.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Justice League NYC met with the state attorney general and held a press conference yesterday at City Hall.
Eric Garner Protesters Have a Direct Line to City Hall|Jacob Siegel|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mr Anderson Wheeler travelled from Tanzania where he works as a big game hunter to give evidence yesterday.
How A British Aristocrat Used Big Game Hunter’s Sperm To Get Pregnant Without His Permission|Tom Sykes|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I played yesterday at lunchtime,” he says, “and after work, and then again this morning, and then today at lunchtime.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had got his ticket of admission to the Casino, after arriving yesterday evening; but the Rooms had not pleased him then.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
To-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The fleet of the enemy left the place where they last halted, and came in sight day before yesterday in the morning.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Why have I never heard until the day before yesterday of your suffering yourself to be cooped up in jail?
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
The issues of the day before yesterday's battle seem certainly to have hung on a hair.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for yesterday

yesterday

/ (ˈjɛstədɪ, -ˌdeɪ) /

noun

the day immediately preceding today

(often plural) the recent past

adverb

on or during the day before today

in the recent past

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yesterday

see not born yesterday.

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Origin of yesterday

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British Dictionary definitions for yesterday

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