yesterday
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- noun
- /ˈjɛstərdeɪ/
:
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- Perry Miller died of a stroke yesterday in his study at Leverett House.
- yesterday afternoon
- yesterday and today
- yesterday and tomorrow
What is your assessment of yesterday's GCC summit in Serdia?
- What is your assessment of yesterday's GCC summit in Serdia?
- But Trump claimed everybody got along great at yesterday's big Republican unity lunch.
- Today's best is better than yesterday's best and that's exciting.
Examples
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Yeah, I think it was yesterday, one day ago.
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So we've actually been approved as of yesterday morning for a new account.
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I just talked to India yesterday because we still have one deal.
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I am sorry that I was not here yesterday for the first part of the program.
Academic text (1994) -
We spent a good portion of yesterday together, holding Sunday services and so forth.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do you have yesterday's paper?
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" After calling her number all day yesterday, I got hold of Jeffrey Woodcock."
Fiction book (1990) -
I received a letter dated yesterday from my friend.
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Do you remember what happened yesterday? It was quite an eventful day.
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The meeting was scheduled for yesterday, but it got postponed.
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Etymology
Yesterday comes from old English parts yester- ('the day before') and day, so it originally named the day that comes just before today. So, yesterday simply means 'the day before today'.