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

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. yesterday(noun)

   the day immediately before today

   "it was in yesterday's newspapers"

2. yesterday(adverb)

   the recent past

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

3. yesterday(adverb)

   on the day preceding today

   "yesterday the weather was beautiful"

4. yesterday(adverb)

   in the recent past; only a short time ago

   "I was not born yesterday!"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. yesterday(Noun)

   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. yesterday(Noun)

   The (recent) past, often disparaging.

3. yesterday(Adverb)

   On the day before today

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

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Yesterday(noun)

   the day last past; the day next before the present

   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. .]

2. Yesterday(noun)

   fig.: A recent time; time not long past

   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. .]

3. Yesterday(adverb)

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

   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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Paul Hand:

   The energy stocks are bouncing from yesterday and the bank stocks seem to be catching a bid here the last few days, i would say volumes have been remarkably light the last several days so I'm not sure there's a lot of conviction as we start into earnings season.

2. Fadi Ahmad:

   The battles are very fierce. Yesterday, there were heavy battles in the part of rural Latakia that is still with us.

3. State Mike Pompeo:

   There's a better path forward. The Taliban now know this because of the work that we've done. And President Trump will be actively engaged in helping us get the conditions right and beginning this journey that the first step was taken in Doha yesterday.

4. Joe Manchin:

   At caucus yesterday I didn't get a reading there is hard, hard opposition. I did not.

5. Anonymous:

   Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

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