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yesterday
[ yes-ter-dey, -dee ]
adverb
- on the day preceding this day.
- a short time ago:
Yesterday your money went further.
noun
- the day preceding this day.
- time in the immediate past.
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the day before or to a time in the immediate past:
yesterday morning.
yesterday
/ -ˌdeɪ; ˈjɛstədɪ /
noun
- the day immediately preceding today
- often plural the recent past
adverb
- on or during the day before today
- in the recent past
Other 51Թ Forms
- t·岹·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of yesterday1
Idioms and Phrases
see not born yesterday .Example Sentences
Reacting to yesterday's economic figures, Trump said he needed "a little bit of time" - calling the numbers a reflection of the "Biden economy", a reference to the former president.
It is not to dash all our energy against a wave that’s not yet spent, trying vainly to roll it back to yesterday.
“We just put our home up for sale yesterday,” said Dwight James, a resident of Simi Valley, who is still making payments on a loan he took out to pay for his solar system.
“I spoke to everyone yesterday that would’ve potentially played in the second half. They all understood it,” he said.
"I've had countless sleepless nights. The incident is like it happened yesterday," said Mr Campbell, who held onto the girl after the attack while she still had a knife in her hand.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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