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

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

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!"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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

1. Yesterdaynoun

   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. Yesterdaynoun

   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. Yesterdayadverb

   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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1. yesterday

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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. Mohammed Bayati:

   Yesterday, I was in the Salahuddin Operations Command, all orders are coming from the police and army leadership.

2. Grant Smith:

   Roger Stone was surprised by the President's Tweet yesterday, this letter... and the one sent in September to the Senate Intel Committee preceded the President's Tweet in support of Roger Stone.

3. Abdelalim Abdelbaky:

   I fired him over it yesterday after I watched the news, he told me he charged the people $2 a hot dog. He lied to me.

4. Elvis Picardo:

   Part of the reason for today's muted decline is the fact that we had such a big drop yesterday.

5. Terry Francona:

   I think he caught it on a chair, it was pretty swollen yesterday, so we sent him for X-rays last night and got them back about the sixth inning.

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