yesterday
(adverb) on the day preceding today; âyesterday the weather was beautifulâ
yesterday
(adverb) in the recent past; only a short time ago; âI was not born yesterday!â
yesterday
(noun) the day immediately before today; âit was in yesterdayâs newspapersâ
yesterday
(noun) the recent past; âyesterdayâs solutions are not good enoughâ; âwe shared many yesterdaysâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yesterday (plural yesterdays)
The day immediately before today; one day ago.
(figuratively) The recent past, often disparaging.
• The plural yesterdays is unusual and often poetic for the recent past, e.g. âall our yesterdays have come back to haunt usâ.
• While pronunciations with /ËjÉŞ-/ are now dialectal, they were formerly found in the standard language. For example, writer and orthoepist Thomas Sheridan prescribed such a pronunciation in his work.
yesterday (not comparable)
On the day before today.
Synonym: the last day (Ireland)
Antonym: tomorrow
(informal) As soon as possible.
Source: Wiktionary
Yes"ter*day, n. Etym: [OE. ýisterdai, AS. geostran dÌg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gÌr yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. hyas) + dÌg day. Cf. Hestern.
1. The day last past; the day next before the present. All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9.
2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs. Macaulay.
Yes"ter*day, adv.
Definition: On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
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