What does yesterday mean?
Definitions for yesterday
ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -diyes·ter·day
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word yesterday.
Princeton's WordNet
yesterdaynoun
the day immediately before today
"it was in yesterday's newspapers"
yesterdayadverb
the recent past
"yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"
yesterdayadverb
on the day preceding today
"yesterday the weather was beautiful"
yesterdayadverb
in the recent past; only a short time ago
"I was not born yesterday!"
Wiktionary
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.
yesterdaynoun
The (recent) past, often disparaging.
yesterdayadverb
On the day before today
I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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.
Wikipedia
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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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 Dictionary
Yesterdaynoun
the day last past; the day next before the present
Yesterdaynoun
fig.: A recent time; time not long past
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
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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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
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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
From what (German) Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday it is clear that everyone has to adhere to EU law, and the Hungarian authorities acted in that spirit.
Yesterday and this morning, David was able to sit up as well as take some steps, his condition is guarded and he will remain in the ICU for the coming days, but he is making good progress towards recovery.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:
Yesterday's attack was directly targeting Turkey and the perpetrator is the YPG and the divisive terrorist organisation PKK. All necessary measures will be taken against them.
Yesterday, we had an American diplomatic convoy that was fired on. All of our people are safe, but this the action was reckless, it was irresponsible and, of course, unsafe.
I think the hardest part of the entire day yesterday was listening to Otto Warmbier talk about Otto Warmbier, it makes me so incredibly sad about what Otto Warmbier, Otto Warmbier family and Otto Warmbier went through, and I feel so immensely blessed to have someone like Otto Warmbier who has gone through such hard, hard times to be able to reach out to me and help me in my situation.
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- gisterAfrikaans
- أمسArabic
- dün, dünənAzerbaijani
- кисәBashkir
- учо́раBelarusian
- вче́раBulgarian
- গতকালBengali
- dec'hBreton
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- včerejšek, včeraCzech
- вьчераOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- ddoe, doeWelsh
- i gårDanish
- [[gestrig]]er [[Tag]], gesternGerman
- χθεςGreek
- hieraŭEsperanto
- ayerSpanish
- eileEstonian
- atzoBasque
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- eilispäivä, eilispäivänä, eilinen, eilenFinnish
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- きのう, 昨日, さくじつJapanese
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- кешеKazakh
- ippassaqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
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- ನಿನ್ನೆKannada
- 어제Korean
- duhîKurdish
- déCornish
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- heri, here, hesternusLatin
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- ມື້ວານLao
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- ädel, ädeloVolapük
- démb, dembaWolof
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- 昨天Chinese
- izoloZulu
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