Definitions for Yesterday
ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -diyes·ter·day

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yesterdaynoun

   the day immediately before today

   "it was in yesterday's newspapers"

2. yesterdayadverb

   the recent past

   "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"

3. yesterdayadverb

   on the day preceding today

   "yesterday the weather was beautiful"

4. yesterdayadverb

   in the recent past; only a short time ago

   "I was not born yesterday!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yesterdaynoun

   The day before today. 'Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow'. It can also understand as a day ago.

   Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.

2. yesterdaynoun

   The (recent) past, often disparaging.

3. yesterdayadverb

   On the day before today

   I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yesterdayadverb

   On the day last past.

   Martius gave us yesterday a representation of the empire of the Turks, with no small vigour of words. Francis Bacon.

2. Yesterdaynoun

   The day last past; the day next before to-day.

   Etymology: gistandæg , Saxon.

   To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
   Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
   To the last syllable of recorded time;
   And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
   The way to dusty death. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. Job viii. 9.

   You are both fluid, chang’d since yesterday;
   Next day repairs but ill last day’s decay;
   Nor are, although the river keep the name,
   Yesterday ’s waters and to-day’s the same. John Donne.

   If yesterday could be recall’d again,
   Ev’n now would I conclude my happy reign. Dryden.

   Yesterday was set apart as a day of publick thanksgiving for the late extraordinary successes. Addison.

   Mrs. Simper sends complaint in your yesterday’s Spectator. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   Naked from the womb
   We yesterday came forth; and in the tomb
   Naked again we must to-morrow lie:
   Born to lament, to labour, and to die. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Yesterday

   Yesterday is an EP released by Grave Digger. It also contains a bonus DVD. The song "Yesterday" on this EP is a re-recorded version of the song from Grave Digger's debut album.

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1. Yesterday

   Yesterday is the day that came directly before today. It refers to the period of time that has already occurred, typically in the past.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Yesterdaynoun

   the day last past; the day next before the present

2. Yesterdaynoun

   fig.: A recent time; time not long past

3. Yesterdayadverb

   on the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday

4. Etymology: [OE. isterdai, AS. geostran dg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gr yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. , Skr. hyas) + dg day. Cf. Hestern. .]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yesterday

   1. One evil less and one memory more. 2. A short-change artist, from whom we can never recover. 3. A period of time that has always existed, in contradistinction to a period of time called tomorrow that can never exist. 4. A mirror wherein if we look long enough we will see ourselves as others could never possibly see us. 5. The Eden of the sentimental. (Time is divided into yesterday, today and tomorrow, which are but three varieties of the same metaphysical tetter. In the beginning was the Infinite, and the Infinite begat Time, and Time begat Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.)

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1. yesterday

   Song lyrics by yesterday -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by yesterday on the Lyrics.com website.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Yesterday' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #490

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Yesterday' in Written Corpus Frequency: #499

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Yesterday' in Adverbs Frequency: #66

How to pronounce Yesterday?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Yesterday in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Yesterday in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Yesterday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Yesterday in a Sentence

1. Keith Temperton:

   The stocks side of things has faded because they all had a look at silver yesterday, but my feeling is they’ll be back, depending on whether retail trading platforms will allow you to buy more than one share.

2. Paul Offit:

   Right now, we have about 90 % population immunity, meaning people who have either been naturally infected or immunized or both -- that's good. We're moving into the warmer climates -- that's good. This is really basically, at its heart, a winter virus. The numbers are way down from where they had been -- that's good. But you still had 150,000 cases yesterday and 1,000 deaths. That's still a lot of cases and deaths, so, what I would say is, independent of whether there's mandates or not, I think people should reasonably wear masks when they're indoors for the next few weeks, until we're much farther down then where we are right now.

3. Kellyanne Conway:

   She obviously came here yesterday not serious about border security, so it doesn't surprise me that she would be so partisan and political on day one. That's just too bad.

4. Muhammad Fawad:

   We sent our kids to this school because it is known for its high standards and quality of education.... My son was a brilliant student and even a few weeks back he was awarded a gold medal for his excellent midterm results. Yesterday we watched the news on TV and as five of our kids were studying there we got so worried and upset for the safety of our children, we were told that a bullet hit him from the back, tearing his heart. Asad was an outstanding student and wanted to be a pilot but his soul flew from his body before he could fly a plane.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   Everybody knows that there are limited amounts of time ; we did three rallies yesterday.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Yesterday
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yesterday
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Yesterday
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Yesterday
7. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=Yesterday