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yesterday

yesterday

523 1.0
The day before today
  • noun
  • /ˈjɛstərdeɪ/
: ayer
  • 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?

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Examples

  • Yeah, I think it was yesterday, one day ago.

  • So we've actually been approved as of yesterday morning for a new account.

  • I just talked to India yesterday because we still have one deal.

  • 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?

  • " 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.

  • Do you remember what happened yesterday? It was quite an eventful day.

  • The meeting was scheduled for yesterday, but it got postponed.

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

On the day after today

Surface Forms

yesterday singular
yesterdays plural

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'.