What does Yesterday mean?
Definitions for Yesterday
ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -diYes·ter·day
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Yesterday.
Princeton's WordNet
yesterday(noun)
the day immediately before today
"it was in yesterday's newspapers"
yesterday(adverb)
the recent past
"yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"
yesterday(adverb)
on the day preceding today
"yesterday the weather was beautiful"
yesterday(adverb)
in the recent past; only a short time ago
"I was not born yesterday!"
Wiktionary
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.
yesterday(Noun)
The (recent) past, often disparaging.
yesterday(Adverb)
On the day before today
I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.
Webster Dictionary
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. .]
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. .]
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
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Yesterday' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #490
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Yesterday' in Written Corpus Frequency: #499
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Yesterday' in Adverbs Frequency: #66
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Yesterday in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Yesterday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Yesterday in a Sentence
I also took the test, i decided I should based on the press conference yesterday. People were asking that I take the test.
You're saying that's what's happening, right? i heard that yesterday, actually. Not a good situation. Okay, one more question.
It's a continuation of yesterday's move, what we see still is extreme volatility. I would not be surprised to see prices retreating again by a big margin in coming days.
Those things that are required that the President has directed us to do in compliance with the decision that the GSA made yesterday, we'll do all of those things, it's a legal requirement, and we'll always honor that promise.
There are serious questions about yesterday's shootings that must be answered in full by the Independent Police Review Authority's investigation, while their investigation is underway, we must also make real changes within our police department today and it is clear changes are needed to how officers respond to mental health crises.
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Translations for Yesterday
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- gisterAfrikaans
- أمسArabic
- dün, dünənAzerbaijani
- кисәBashkir
- учо́раBelarusian
- вче́раBulgarian
- গতকালBengali
- dec'hBreton
- ahir, dia d'ahirCatalan, Valencian
- селханаChechen
- včerejšek, včeraCzech
- вьчераOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- ddoe, doeWelsh
- i gårDanish
- [[gestrig]]er [[Tag]], gesternGerman
- χθεςGreek
- hieraŭEsperanto
- ayerSpanish
- eileEstonian
- atzoBasque
- دیروزPersian
- eilispäivä, eilispäivänä, eilinen, eilenFinnish
- nanoaFijian
- gjárdagur, í gjárFaroese
- hierFrench
- justerWestern Frisian
- innéIrish
- an-dèScottish Gaelic
- onteGalician
- jeaManx
- אתמול, אֶתְמוֹל, אֶמֶשׁHebrew
- कलHindi
- yèHaitian Creole
- tegnapHungarian
- երեկArmenian
- heriInterlingua
- kemarinIndonesian
- hiereIdo
- gærdagurinn, gærdagur, í gærIcelandic
- ieriItalian
- ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅInuktitut
- きのう, 昨日, さくじつJapanese
- გუშინGeorgian
- кешеKazakh
- ippassaqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ថ្ងៃម្សិល, ពីម្សិលមិញ, ម្សិលមិញKhmer
- ನಿನ್ನೆKannada
- 어제Korean
- duhîKurdish
- déCornish
- кечээKyrgyz
- heri, here, hesternusLatin
- gëschterLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- jjoGanda
- ມື້ວານLao
- vakardiena, vakarykštė diena, vakarLithuanian
- vakardiena, vakarLatvian
- nanahiMāori
- вче́раMacedonian
- ഇന്നലെMalayalam
- өчигдөрMongolian
- kelmarin, semalamMalay
- bieraħMaltese
- မနေ့ကBurmese
- ngago nane, nanahiNauru
- forleden dagNorwegian
- gisterenDutch
- igår, i gårNorwegian
- adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼNavajo, Navaho
- gèr, ièrOccitan
- bijiinaagoOjibwe, Ojibwa
- wczorajPolish
- ontemPortuguese
- qaynaQuechua
- ier, herRomansh
- ieriRomanian
- вчера́, вчераRussian
- ह्यस्Sanskrit
- aiseru, derisSardinian
- ڪلههSindhi
- jùčē, jùčēr, ју̀че̄р, ју̀чеSerbo-Croatian
- ඊයේSinhala, Sinhalese
- včeraSlovak
- včerajSlovene
- ananafiSamoan
- nezuroShona
- djeAlbanian
- maobaneSouthern Sotho
- gårdag, i går, igårSwedish
- janaSwahili
- நேற்றுTamil
- నిన్నTelugu
- дирӯзTajik
- เมื่อวานนี้Thai
- düýnTurkmen
- kahponTagalog
- maabaneTswana
- dünTurkish
- кичәTatar
- تۈنۈگۈنUyghur, Uighur
- учо́ра, вчо́раUkrainian
- کلUrdu
- kecha, kechagiUzbek
- mba-mulovha, mulovha
- hôm quaVietnamese
- ädel, ädeloVolapük
- démb, dembaWolof
- izoloXhosa
- נעכטןYiddish
- 昨天Chinese
- izoloZulu
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