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[ yes-ter-dey, -dee ] / ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di / SEE SYNONYMS FOR yesterday ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbon the day preceding this day. a short time ago: Yesterday your money went further. nounthe day preceding this day. time in the immediate past. adjectivebelonging or pertaining to the day before or to a time in the immediate past: yesterday morning. Origin of yesterdaybefore 950; Middle English; Old English geostran dæg.See yester-, day OTHER WORDS FROM yesterdayyes·ter·day·ness, nounWords nearby yesterdayYeşil Irmak, Yeşilköy, yes-man, yes-no question, yester, yesterday, yestereve, yesterevening, yestermorning, yestern, yesternight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yesterdayNEW 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 Deppingham recalled the fact that an hour and a half had been consumed in the accomplishment yesterday. The Man From Brodney's|George Barr McCutcheon He joined the ladies before noon, and his newly awakened feeling of joy beamed upon them scarcely less radiantly than yesterday. Arachne, Complete|Georg Ebers So, as yesterday, the horses had to stand tied together, and the nose-bags of barley and maize were strapped round their necks. Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Sven Hedin Aye, better nor yesterday mornin; Ill be gettin well, Annie, is it not so? Through Welsh Doorways|Jeannette Augustus Marks Yesterday we gave a little dinner to Archie's partner, Mr. Tamworth.
British Dictionary definitions for yesterday
nounthe day immediately preceding today (often plural) the recent past adverbon or during the day before today in the recent past Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with yesterdayThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to yesterdaypast, bygone, recently, foretime, lang syne, the other day |