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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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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"All we want...is for everybody else facing removal proceedings by our government to have the same access to the rule of law as I had in this trial yesterday and today," Lander added.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
"She has no memory of any of what happened, just the last few days she's started remembering what happened yesterday."
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Maybe we’ll all soon be able to write off our actions up to yesterday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“I had good warmups yesterday and today, and I knew I had it in me.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Like, yesterday at work when a jumbo-sized Pepsi spilled all over her T-shirt, she refused my spare shirt because it was a cotton-poly blend instead of something called OEKO-TEX certified organic cotton.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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