yesterday
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- noun
- /ˈjɛstərdeɪ/
:
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- It's been so long, and yet, it seems like yesterday.
- yesterday and today
- yesterday's world
- yesterday and tomorrow
So how do we get there from from yesterday to several years from now?
- So how do we get there from from yesterday to several years from now?
- But as somebody very famous once said, yesterday's price is not today's price.
- Today's smartphones are much more powerful than yesterday's supercomputers.
- OK, Modern history is in like, yesterday as in right now.
Examples
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We broke up and I listened to yesterday by The Beatles all week long.
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After his display in my office, yesterday seemed so far away; so much had happened.
Fiction book (1993) -
Men are always less interested today than yesterday, and less interested tomorrow than they were today.
Fiction book (1991) -
- Listen, I'm sorry about yesterday, I really am.
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Well, you know, some encouraging signs yesterday.
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I sat in the restaurant thinking about Greg, about yesterday, and how he had driven me home.
Fiction book (1994) -
In answer to a question that Suzi raised yesterday, what is the purpose of being human?
Academic text (2001) -
I remember it as clear as if it were yesterday instead of a thousand yesterdays ago.
Fiction book (1994) -
For example, one third grader wrote, "Yesterday we saw a music presentation."
Academic text (1990) -
I went to the store yesterday to buy some groceries.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Yesterday comes from old English parts yester- ('the day before') and day, and people often use it to mean the 'recent past'—things that have just gone by. So, yesterday can refer both to the day before today and to a time that is only just behind us.