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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrandæġ, ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ, ġeostran dæġ, equivalent to yester- +‎ day; see there for more. Compare Scots yisterday, yesterday (“yesterday”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “tomorrow”, adverb). Compare further Dutch gisteren, German gestern.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛstədeɪ/, /ˈjɛstədɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛstɚdeɪ/, /ˈjɛstɚdi/
(dated, Southern US folk speech) IPA^(key): /ˈjɪstɚdeɪ/, /ˈjɪstɚdi/^[1]

Noun[edit]

yesterday (plural yesterdays)

The day immediately before today; one day ago.

Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.

Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.
- 1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:
  
  Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
(figuratively) The past, often in terms of being outdated.

yesterday’s technology

The worker of today is different from that of yesterday.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
  
  All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
- 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
  
  Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.

Usage notes[edit]

The plural yesterdays is unusual and often poetic for the recent past, e.g. “all our yesterdays have come back to haunt us”.
While pronunciations with /ˈjɪ-/ 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.^[2]

Derived terms[edit]

born yesterday
yesterday is gone

Translations[edit]

day before today

Afar: kimal
Afrikaans: gister
Ainu: ヌマン (numan)
Albanian: dje (sq)
Amharic: ትናንት (tənant), ትናንትና (tənantəna)
Andi: суни (suni)
Arabic: أَمْسِ‎ (ʔamsi)

Cypriot Arabic: imps

Egyptian Arabic: امبارح‎ (imbāriḥ)

Hijazi Arabic: أمس‎ (ʾams)

Moroccan Arabic: البارح‎ (el-bāriḥ)

South Levantine Arabic: مبارح‎ (mbāreḥ, mbēreḥ)
Aragonese: ahier
Armenian: երեկ (hy) (erek)

Old Armenian: երէկ (erēk)
Aromanian: aeri, aieri, ieri, eri, asearã
Assamese: কালি (kali) (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context), যোৱাকালি (züakali)
Asturian: ayeri (ast) m
Avar: сон (son)
Azerbaijani: dünən (az), dün (az)
Baluchi: زی‎ (zí)
Bashkir: кисә (kisä), кисәге (kisäge)
Basque: atzo (eu)
Belarusian: учо́ра (učóra), ўчо́ра (ŭčóra)
Bengali: গতকাল (gotokal)
Bikol Central: kasu-udma, kasuhapon
Bulgarian: вче́ра (bg) (včéra)
Burmese: မနေ့က (ma.ne.ka.)
Catalan: ahir (ca)
Cebuano: gahapon
Chechen: селхана (selxana)
Chickasaw: oblaashaash
Chinese:

Cantonese: 昨天 (yue) (zok⁶ tin¹), 琴日 (yue) (kam⁴ jat⁶), 尋日／寻日 (yue) (cam⁴ jat⁶), 昨日 (yue) (zok³ jat⁶)

Hakka: 昨晡日 (hak) (chô-pû-ngit)

Mandarin: 昨天 (zh) (zuótiān), 昨日 (zh) (zuórì)

Min Dong: 昨暝 (cdo) (sŏ̤h-màng)

Min Nan: 昨昏 (zh-min-nan) (cha-hng, cha̍h-hng, chah-hng, chăng), 昨日 (zh-min-nan) (cha-ji̍t, cha-li̍t, cha̍h-ji̍t, cha̍h-li̍t, cho̍h-ji̍t, cho̍h-li̍t), 昨暗 (zh-min-nan) (cha-àm)

Wu: 昨日 (wuu) (zoq nyiq, zo nyiq)
Chuvash: ӗнер (ĕner)
Crimean Tatar: dün, tünevin
Czech: včerejšek (cs) m
Dalmatian: jere
Danish: i går (da)
Dutch: gisteren (nl)
Egyptian: (sf)
Esperanto: hieraŭ (eo)
Estonian: eile (et), eilnepäev
Faroese: í gjár, gjárdagur m
Fijian: nanoa (fj)
Finnish: eilinen (fi), eilispäivä (fi)
French: hier (fr)
Friulian: îr
Galician: onte (gl)
Georgian: გუშინ (gušin)
German: gestriger Tag, gestern (de)
Greek: χθες (el) (chthes)

Ancient: χθές (khthés)
Greenlandic: ippassaq
Gujarati: ગઈ કાલ f (gaī kāl)
Hebrew: אֶתְמוֹל‎ (he) (‘etmól), (formally or poetic) אֶמֶשׁ‎ (he) (‘émesh)
Higaonon: gabi-a
Hindi: कल (hi) (kal) (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context), कलि (hi) (kali)
Hungarian: tegnap (hu)
Hunsrik: gester
Icelandic: gærdagur (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn; the adverb í gær is much more frequently used than the noun equivalent)
Indonesian: kemarin (id)
Ingrian: egliin päivä, eglelliin päivä
Ingush: селхан (selxan)
Interlingua: heri (ia)
Inuktitut: ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅ (ippaksaq)
Irish: inné (ga)
Istriot: ièri
Italian: ieri (it) m
Japanese: 昨日 (ja) (きのう, kinō), 昨日 (ja) (さくじつ, sakujitsu)
Kaingang: rãké tá
Kannada: ನಿನ್ನೆ (kn) (ninne)
Kapampangan: napun
Kazakh: кеше (kk) (keşe)
Khmer: ម្សិលមិញ (msəl mɨñ), ថ្ងៃម្សិល (tngay msəl), ម្សិល (km) (msəl)
Konkani: कालि (kāli)
Korean: 어제 (ko) (eoje), 작일 (ko) (jagil)
Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: duhî (ku)
Kyrgyz: кечээ (ky) (keçee)
Ladin: inier m
Lakota: htalehã
Lao: ມື້ວານ (lo) (mư̄ wān)
Latin: heri (la), hesternus
Latvian: vakar, vakardiena f
Laz: ღომა (ğoma)
Ligurian: vêi m
Lithuanian: vakar (lt), vakardiena f, vakarykštė diena f
Livonian: eggiļ
Lombard: jer (lmo) m
Luganda: jjo
Luxembourgish: gëschter (lb)
Macedonian: вче́ра (včéra)
Malay: semalam (ms), kelmarin (ms)
Malayalam: ഇന്നലെ (ml) (innale)
Maltese: bieraħ, ilbieraħ m
Mansaka: kagabi
Maori: nanahi
Middle English: yesterday
Mongolian: өчигдөр (mn) (öčigdör)
Nauruan: ngago nane, nanahi
Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ
Ndzwani Comorian: vojana
Ngazidja Comorian: djana
Norman: hièr (Jersey)
Northern Sami: ievttá
Norwegian:

Bokmål: gårsdag (no) m

Nynorsk: gårdag m, gårsdag m
Occitan: ièr (oc)
Ojibwe: bijiinaago
Oriya: ଗତକାଲି (or) (gôtôkali)
Oromo: kaleessa
Papiamentu: ayera (á)
Pashto: پرون‎ (ps) (pron)
Persian: دیروز‎ (fa) (diruz)
Piedmontese: ier m
Polish: wczoraj (pl) n
Portuguese: ontem (pt)
Quechua: qayna
Romanian: ieri (ro)
Romansch: ier, her
Russian: вчера́ (ru) (včerá)
Saho: kumal
Samoan: ananafi
Sanskrit: ह्यस् (sa) (hyás)
Sardinian: aiseru, deris
Scots: yestreen
Scottish Gaelic: an-dè
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ју̀че̄р, ју̀че

Roman: jùčēr (sh), jùčē (sh)
Shona: nezuro
Sicilian: aieri (scn)
Sidamo: bero
Sindhi: ڪلهه‎ (sd) f (kalha)
Sinhalese: ඊයේ (si) (īyē)
Skolt Sami: jåhtta
Slovak: včera (sk)
Slovene: včéraj (sl)
Somali: shalay
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: cora

Upper Sorbian: wčera
Sotho: maobane (st)
Southern Sami: jååktan
Spanish: ayer (es)
Svan: ლა̄თ (lāt)
Swahili: jana (sw)
Swedish: gårdag (sv), i går (sv)
Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠁꠟ (xail) (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context)
Tagalog: kahapon
Tajik: дирӯз (tg) (dirüz)
Tamil: நேற்று (ta) (nēṟṟu)
Tarantino: ajère
Tatar: кичә (tt) (kiçä)
Telugu: నిన్న (te) (ninna)
Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ (mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi)
Tibetan: ཁ་སང (kha sang)
Tok Pisin: asde (tpi)
Tswana: maabane
Turkish: dün (tr)
Turkmen: düýn
Ukrainian: учо́ра (učóra), вчо́ра (uk) (včóra)
Urdu: کل‎ (kal) (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context)
Uyghur: تۈنۈگۈن‎ (tünügün)
Uzbek: kecha (uz), kechagi (uz)
Venda: mulovha, mba-mulovha
Venetian: geri
Vietnamese: hôm qua (vi)
Volapük: ädel (vo)
Votic: egle
Welsh: ddoe
West Frisian: juster (fy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: gevi’i
Wolof: démb (wo), demba
Xhosa: izolo
Yagnobi: пиён (piyon)
Yakut: бэҕэһээ (beğehee)
Yao: liiso
Yiddish: נעכטן‎ (nekhtn)
Yup’ik: unuamek, akwaugaq
Zazaki: vızêr (diq)
Zhuang: ngoenzlwenz, ngoenzvaz, ŋɵnƨlɯenƨ
Zulu: izolo class 5

the recent past

Armenian: երեկ (hy) (erek)
Asturian: ayeri (ast) m
Catalan: dia d’ahir m
Finnish: eilinen (fi), eilispäivä (fi)
Galician: onte (gl)
Icelandic: gærdagur m (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn)
Middle English: yesterday
Norwegian:

Bokmål: forleden dag
Portuguese: ontem (pt)
Romanian: ieri (ro)
Swahili: jana (sw)
Swedish: gårdag (sv) c
Turkish: dün (tr)
Zazaki: vızêr (diq)

Adverb[edit]

yesterday (not comparable)

On the day before today.

Synonym: (Ireland) the last day

Antonym: tomorrow

I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.
(informal) As soon as possible.

I want this done yesterday!

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Translations[edit]

on the day before today

Afrikaans: gister
Albanian: dje (sq)
Alviri-Vidari: (Vidari) ایزیره‎ (izzire)
Amharic: ትናንትና (tənantəna)
Arabic: أَمْس‎ (ʔams), أَمْسِ‎ (ʔamsi)

Egyptian Arabic: امبارح‎ (imbāraḥ)

Moroccan Arabic: البارح‎ (el-bāriḥ)
Armenian: երեկ (hy) (erek)

Old Armenian: երէկ (erēk)
Asturian: ayeri (ast)
Avar: сон (son)
Azerbaijani: dünən (az), dün (az), ötən gün (formal)
Bashkir: кисә (kisä)
Basque: atzo (eu)
Belarusian: учо́ра (učóra), ўчо́ра (ŭčóra)
Breton: dec’h (br)
Bulgarian: вче́ра (bg) (včéra)
Burmese: မနေ့က (ma.ne.ka.)
Buryat: үсэгэлдэр (üsegelder)
Catalan: ahir (ca)
Cebuano: gahapon
Chamicuro: likajpe’ta
Chechen: селхана (selxana)
Chichewa: dzulo
Chickasaw: oblaashaash
Chinese:

Cantonese: 尋日／寻日 (yue) (cam⁴ jat⁶), 琴日 (yue) (kam⁴ jat⁶), 昨天 (yue) (zok⁶ tin¹)

Dungan: зуәр (zuər), зуәргә (zuərgə), ели (i͡əli), елигә (i͡əligə)

Gan: 昨日 (gan) (‘coh⁷ nyit⁶)

Mandarin: 昨天 (zh) (zuótiān), 昨日 (zh) (zuórì) (literary), 昨兒／昨儿 (zh) (zuór), 昨兒個／昨儿个 (zh) (zuórge)

Min Dong: 昨暝 (cdo) (sŏ̤h-màng)

Wu: 昨日 (wuu) (zoq nyiq, zo nyiq)

Xiang: 昨日 (hsn) (zo² r⁶)
Chuvash: ӗнер (ĕner)
Cornish: dé
Crimean Tatar: dün, tünevin
Czech: včera (cs)
Dalmatian: jere
Danish: i går (da)
Dutch: gisteren (nl)
Egyptian: (sf)
Esperanto: hieraŭ (eo)
Estonian: eile (et)
Extremaduran: ayel
Faroese: í gjár
Finnish: eilen (fi), eilispäivänä (fi)
French: hier (fr)
Friulian: îr
Georgian: გუშინ (gušin)
German: gestern (de)
Greek: χθες (el) (chthes)

Ancient: χθές (khthés)
Greenlandic: ippassaq
Guerrero Amuzgo: bja
Gujarati: ગઇકાલે (gaikāle)
Gurani: ھیزی‎ (hîzî)
Haitian Creole: yè
Hebrew: אֶתְמוֹל‎ (he) (‘etmól)
Hindi: कल (hi) (kal) (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context), काल (hi) (kāl)
Hungarian: tegnap (hu)
Icelandic: í gær (is)
Ido: hiere (io)
Indonesian: kemarin (id)
Interlingua: heri (ia)
Irish: inné (ga)
Istriot: ièri
Italian: ieri (it) m
Japanese: 昨日 (ja) (きのう, kinō; さくじつ, sakujitsu)
Kannada: ನಿನ್ನೆ (kn) (ninne)
Kazakh: кеше (kk) (keşe)
Khmer: ពីម្សិលមិញ (pii msəl mɨñ), ម្សិល (km) (msəl), ថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ (thngay msəl mɨñ)
Komi-Permyak: тӧн (tön)
Korean: 어제 (ko) (eoje), 작일 (ko) (jagil)
Kyrgyz: кечээ (ky) (keçee)
Lakota: ^{(please verify)} htalehã
Lao: ມື້ວານ (lo) (mư̄ wān)
Latin: heri (la), here (la)
Latvian: vakar
Lithuanian: vakar (lt)
Livonian: eggiļ
Luxembourgish: gëschter (lb)
Macedonian: вче́ра (včéra)
Malay: semalam (ms)
Malayalam: ഇന്നലെ (ml) (innale)
Maltese: lbieraħ
Mansi: молхо̄тал (molhōtal)
Manx: jea
Marathi: काल (kāl)
Middle English: yesterday
Mongolian: өчигдөр (mn) (öčigdör)
Mòcheno: gester
Nanai: чисэниэ
Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ
Neapolitan: ajere
Ngan’gityemerri: kultyinimbi
Ngazidja Comorian: djana
Norman: hiaer (Guernsey), hièr (Jersey)
Northern Sami: ikte
Norwegian:

Bokmål: i går

Nynorsk: i går
Occitan: ièr (oc)
Ojibwe: bijiinaago
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: вьчера (vĭčera)
Old East Slavic: вьчера (vĭčera)
Old English: geostran
Oriya: ଗତକାଲି (or) (gôtôkali)
Ossetian: знон (znon)
Papiamentu: ayera
Pashto: پرون‎ (ps) (parún)
Persian: دیروز‎ (fa) (diruz)
Pipil: yalua
Polish: wczoraj (pl)
Portuguese: ontem (pt)
Punjabi: ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (kallh)
Romanian: ieri (ro)
Romansch: ier
Russian: вчера́ (ru) (včerá)
Rusyn: вче́ра (včéra), уче́ра (učéra), вчо́ра (včóra), учо́ра (učóra)
Rwanda-Rundi: ejo
Sanskrit: ह्यस् (sa) (hyás)
Scottish Gaelic: an-dè
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ју̀че̄р, ју̀че

Roman: jùčēr (sh), jùčē (sh)
Sicilian: aieri (scn)
Sindhi: ڪلهه‎ (sd) f (kalha)
Sinhalese: ඊයේ (si) (īyē)
Slovak: včera (sk)
Slovene: včeraj (sl)
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: cora

Upper Sorbian: wčera
Spanish: ayer (es) m
Swahili: jana (sw)
Swedish: i går (sv), igår (sv)
Tagalog: kahapon
Tajik: дирӯз (tg) (dirüz)
Talysh: (Asalemi) ایزر‎ (izər)
Tamil: நேற்று (ta) (nēṟṟu)
Tarantino: ajère
Tatar: кичә (tt) (kiçä)
Telugu: నిన్న (te) (ninna)
Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ (mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi)
Tibetan: ཁེ་སང (khe sang), ཁ་སང (kha sang)
Tigrinya: ትማሊ (ti) (təmali)
Tok Pisin: asde (tpi)
Turkish: dün (tr)
Turkmen: düýn
Ukrainian: учо́ра (učóra), вчо́ра (uk) (včóra)
Urdu: کل‎ (kal) (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context)
Uyghur: تۈنۈگۈن‎ (tünügün)
Uzbek: kecha (uz), kechagi (uz)
Venetian: geri
Volapük: ädelo (vo)
Welsh: ddoe
West Frisian: juster (fy)
Yiddish: נעכטן‎ (nekhtn)
Zhuang: ngoenzlwenz, ngoenzvaz
Zulu: izolo

References[edit]

^ Hans Kurath and Raven Ioor McDavid (1961). The pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States: based upon the collections of the linguistic atlas of the Eastern United States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp. 134–135.
^ Thomas Sheridan (1790) A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and Meaning‎^[1], volume 2, C. Dilly

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

ȝusterday, ȝurstendæi, ȝisterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, yusterday

Etymology[edit]

From Old English ġiestrandæġ; equivalent to yester- +‎ day.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈjɛstərdɛi/, /ˈjistərdɛi/, /ˈjustərdɛi/

Adverb[edit]

yesterday

On the preceding day
At another preceding point in time; in the past

Noun[edit]

yesterday

The preceding day; yesterday
A preceding point in time; the past

Descendants[edit]

English: yesterday
Yola: yersthei, yerstei, yerstey

References[edit]

“yester-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

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Yesterday is first seen as a single word in a document from about 1250 CE, being spelled as yisterdai. It was formed from the Old English compound noun geostran dæg ‘yesterday day’ (c. 950), with geostran being first recorded on its own around 725.

What does yester mean in yesterday?

archaic. : of or relating to yesterday.

What does Yesyter mean?

yester- a combining form, now unproductive, occurring in words that denote an extent of time one period prior to the present period, the nature of the period being specified by the second element of the compound: yesterweek.

What is the origin of the word it?

it (pron.)

Old English hit, neuter nominative and accusative of third person singular pronoun, from Proto-Germanic demonstrative base *khi- (source also of Old Frisian hit, Dutch het, Gothic hita «it»), from PIE *ko- «this» (see he).

Is Origin a word?

The root, start, or birth of something is its origin. The origin of the word origin is the Latin word originem, meaning «rise, beginning, or source.»

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What is another word for yesterday?

In this page you can discover 26 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for yesterday, like: previously, the-other-day, a day ago, earlier, not long ago, bygone, recently, the day before, past, the previous and tonight.

Why do people say on yesterday instead of yesterday?

Grammarians and English teachers will tell you not to use the preposition «on» with the adverbs «tomorrow,» «today,» and «yesterday» because it is already a part of their meaning. … On the other hand, if you are naming a specific day, like Monday or Friday, you can use the preposition «on,» but you don’t need to.

How do you say hello in Old English?

An older greeting form was hail be thou, meaning ‘be healthy’. So how we express even such an apparently basic language function like greeting changes with time. Just to drive home the point, the Old English Wes hāl could be used to say ‘goodbye’ as well as ‘hello’.

How do you say yes in Old English?

Yes is a very old word. It entered English before 900 and comes from the Old English word gese loosely meaning “be it.” Before the 1600s, yes was often used only as an affirmative to a negative question, and yea was used as the all-purpose way to say “yes.”

Is Overmorrow a real word?

Overmorrow: on the day after tomorrow.

Why: Overmorrow was in Middle English but fell out of the language. So instead of having this word, we have the wordy «day after tomorrow.» German still has this very useful word: übermorgen.

What is day before yesterday called?

ereyesterday (uncountable) (archaic) The day before yesterday.

What does Ereyesterday meaning?

(obsolete) The day before yesterday.

Why don’t we say Yesternight?

Many years ago (before Shakespeare), people didn’t either say yesterday night or last night because they said yesternight instead. Shakespeare uses both last night and yesternight. When yesternight was still in use, yesterday night would have sounded strange, even though last night wouldn’t.

Is yesterday’s grammatically correct?

yesterday’s meeting vs yesterdays meeting. The correct phrase here is «yesterday’s meeting»; you are using the possessive of the word «yesterday» to indicate that the meeting belonged to yesterday. The plural of «yesterday» doesn’t make any sense, since there is only one yesterday.

What is every fortnight means?

A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (2 weeks). The word derives from the Old English term fēowertyne niht, meaning «fourteen nights«.

Why do chefs say 86?

Others say it originated at Delmonico’s Restaurant in NYC. Number 86 on their menu was a steak, the most popular item on the menu and one that often sold out. The term morphed into shorthand for being out of any item. … Apparently, when a story/item was sent in error or should be discarded, the number 86 was used.

What is 23 Skidoo slang for?

The expression «23 skidoo,» a slang way of referring to a hasty departure, usually at the behest of external factors, became popular early in the 1900s.

What does it mean to 86 a person?

Eighty-six or 86 is American English slang used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment; or referring to a person or people who are not welcome in the premises. …

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˜Socrates came yesterday,™ ˜yesterday™ tells us the pertinent time) and those that indicate place. ❋ Gracia, Jorge (2006)

Hillary’s win yesterday is important because no one knows how many superdelegates are going to back her but the Puerto Rico win certainly won’t * decrease* that number. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We were extracted by snow cat half way through a winter survival skills course with the Canadian military following the word yesterday morning about Columbia. ❋ JERRY DOYLE (2010)

I heard him say your name yesterday while I was giving him a wash. ❋ Linda Buckley-Archer (2009)

Please tell Senator Biden that the “Madrasah” that he spoke about yesterday is Arabic for schools. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I saw the title yesterday on CNN, and thought it was a little suspicious, but neglected to dig further. ❋ Phil Whitehouse (2008)

And most popular right now on cnn. com, another Miss USA contestant in trouble, Ms. Nevada USA, Katie Rees was stripped of her title yesterday after racy photos of her appeared on the internet. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Beguiled, our word yesterday to add to our growing vocabulary Daddy insisted upon. ❋ V.C Andrews (1981)

I used the term yesterday, by shifting political winds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was an equity stakeholder, split from the label yesterday, just days after it was revealed that ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sir Alex Ferguson all but conceded the title yesterday after an abject performance by Manchester United and poor officiating saw Chelsea record a 2-1 win at Old Trafford to go two points clear at the top of the Premier League. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bill: When do you need this project finished?
Steve: (matter of factly) Yesterday.
Bill: (thinking) What a lazy, [pompous], [piece of sh*t] [a-hole]. ❋ Dalaillama (2010)

❋ Sleepisbetter (2003)

[Yesterday]…love was such an [easy] [game] to play… ❋ Qwerty (2005)

[i love that] [song], [YESTERDAY]!!! ❋ Go Ringo! (2007)

That [dress] is [so yesterday] ❋ Kat (2003)

Yesterday we [talked] about how to make a using [iMovie]. ❋ Dictionary Nerd (2009)

Did you see the guy at the [AMWAY] conference wearing the short [sleeved] button down with the tie? I think his hair was [sprayed on]. That is so «Yesterday». ❋ Bartendress (2006)

[Free beer] [yesterday]! ❋ Smilemean (2012)

[Sheri] — «Did you see the jeans Amy was wearing yesterday?»
Chris — «Yeah, seriously, a [9 inch] [zipper]…its not 1985 anymore.»
(Amy walks in room)
Sheri — «Oh, but that was yesterday…hey Amy, what’s up?» ❋ Chess5 (2010)

[Stranger] 1: «Hey! Did you hear about that movie that came out last [Friday]?!»
Stranger 2: «That’s [yesterday‘s gravy] bro.» ❋ Hellbound Harry (2015)

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: on the day last past : on the day preceding today

: at a time not long past : only a short time ago

: the day last past : the day next before the present

: recent time : time not long past

: past time

—usually used in plural

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Adverb

It rained heavily yesterday afternoon.

I mailed the application early yesterday morning.

It was good to see you yesterday.

Noun

Yesterday‘s game was canceled because of the rain.

The radio program features yesterday’s songs as well as today’s.

Today’s cars aren’t all that different from the models of yesterday.

Recent Examples on the Web

After racing higher to kick off 2023, U.S. stocks suffered their worst session of the year yesterday.

—Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2023

About 1 yesterday afternoon attendants in the gardens of the temple heard the stucco and frame building creaking.

—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022

There’s this other balloon that was spotted just yesterday over South America.

—ABC News, 5 Feb. 2023

Nearly black just yesterday, Ciara’s hair is now Cookie Monster blue.

—Marci Robin, Allure, 17 June 2022

And just yesterday someone accused me of being an agent of the Chinese Communist Party.

—Fox News, 20 Mar. 2021

The follow-on public offer (FPO) was abruptly canceled late yesterday night after key Adani group stocks tumbled following the damning allegations made by Hindenburg Research on Jan. 24.

—Harish Pullanoor, Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023

Instead, Holmes held down the show solo yesterday, claiming both Robach and Dr. Ashton were on assignment.

—Vulture, 30 Dec. 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law yesterday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow illegally annexed.

—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

Adverb

Middle English yisterday, from Old English giestran dæg, from giestran yesterday + dæg day; akin to Old High German gestaron yesterday, Latin heri, Greek chthes

First Known Use

Adverb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of yesterday was
before the 12th century

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yes·ter·day

(yĕs′tər-dā′, -dē)

1. The day before the present day.

2. also yesterdays Time in the past, especially the recent past.

adv.

1. On the day before the present day.

2. A short while ago.

[Middle English, from Old English geostran dæg : geostran, yesterday; see yester- + dæg, day; see day.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

yesterday

(ˈjɛstədɪ; -ˌdeɪ)

1. the day immediately preceding today

2. (often plural) the recent past

adv

3. on or during the day before today

4. in the recent past

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

yes•ter•day

(ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di)

adv.

1. on the day before this day.

2. in the or a previous era: Yesterday your money went further.

3. the day before this day.

4. time in the immediate past.

adj.

5. belonging or pertaining to the day before or to an immediate past time: yesterday morning.

[before 950; Middle English; Old English geostran dæg; compare Gothic gistradagis tomorrow]

yesterday

hestern, hesternal — Hestern or hesternal means «pertaining to yesterday.»
nudiustertian — Pertaining to the day before yesterday.
pridian — «Of or relating to a previous day or yesterday; former.»
yesterday — The yester of yesterday and yesteryear was a word on its own, meaning «yesterday,» but by Old English it had become a collocation with «day.»

yesterday

Yesterday means the day before today.

It was hot yesterday.

We spent yesterday in Glasgow.

You refer to the morning and afternoon of the day before today as yesterday morning and yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday morning I went for a run.

Heavy rain fell here yesterday afternoon.

You can also talk about yesterday evening, but it is more common to refer to the previous evening as last night.

I met your husband last night.

I’ve been thinking about what you said last night.

You can also use last night to refer to the previous night.

We left our bedroom window open last night.

Be Careful!
Don’t talk about ‘yesterday night‘.

Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012

Translations

أمسأَمْسأمْس، البارِحَه

вчера

včeravčerejšek

i går

hieraŭ

eileneilineneilispäivä

jučer

tegnap

kemarin

gærdagurí gær

昨日

어제

hereherihesternus

vakar

vakarvakardiena

ieri

včeravčerajšok

včerajpredvčerajšnjim

igårgårdagi går

เมื่อวานนี้

ngày hôm qua

yesterday

[ˈjestədeɪ]

B. N → ayer m
the day before yesterday → anteayer
yesterday was Monday → ayer era lunes
all our yesterdays → todos nuestros ayeres

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

yesterday

[ˈjɛstə^rdeɪ ˈjɛstə^rdi]

yesterday

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

yesterday

[ˈjɛstəˌdeɪ]

2. n → ieri m inv

yesterday

(ˈjestədi) noun, adverb

(on) the day before today. Yesterday was a tiring day; He went home yesterday.

yesterday

→ أَمْس včera i går gestern χτες ayer eilen hier jučer ieri 昨日 어제 gisteren i går wczoraj ontem вчера igår เมื่อวานนี้ dün ngày hôm qua 昨天

I’ve been sick since yesterday
The day before yesterday

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Современное английское слово yesterday может быть наречием или существительным. В первом случае оно переводится на русский язык как «вчера», во втором — как «вчерашний день».

В древнеанглийский период это слово выглядело как geostran dæg. Схематично его можно изобразить следующим образом: yester- + day = yesterday.

Yester- (в древнеанглийском geostran) означало «вчера». Оно восходит к праиндоевропейскому *gester-, «на днях». Последнее же происходит от праиндоевропейского корня *dhgh(y)es-, «вчера».

Слово day в древнеанглийский период выглядело как dæg, «день». Оно восходит к прагерманскому *dages-, «день». Некоторые лингвисты считают, что его предком был праиндоевропейский корень *agh- с тем же значением. Но в таком случае непонятно возникновение -d- в начале слова. Другие лингвисты утверждают, что *dages- восходит к праиндоевропейскому корню *dhegh-, «гореть».

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Defenition of the word yesterday
- On the day before today.
- The day before today.
- the day immediately before today; «it was in yesterday’s newspapers»
- the recent past; «yesterday’s solutions are not good enough»; «we shared many yesterdays»
- on the day preceding today; «yesterday the weather was beautiful»
- in the recent past; only a short time ago; «I was not born yesterady!»
- the day immediately before today; «it was in yesterday»s newspapers»
- the recent past; «yesterday»s solutions are not good enough»; «we shared many yesterdays»
- in the recent past; only a short time ago; «I was not born yesterday!»
- the day immediately before today
- the recent past
- on the day preceding today
- in the recent past; only a short time ago

Synonyms for the word yesterday

- days gone by
- former times
- the past
- the recent past
- yesteryear

Similar words in the yesterday

- yesterday
- yesterday’s
- yesterdays

Hypernyms for the word yesterday

- 24-hour interval
- day
- mean solar day
- past
- past times
- solar day
- twenty-four hour period
- twenty-four hours
- yesteryear
- yore

Antonyms for the word yesterday

- tomorrow

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Definitions of yesterday

noun

the day immediately before today

“it was in
yesterday’s newspapers”
“yesterday’s solutions are not good enough”

“we shared many
yesterdays”
adverb

on the day preceding today

“yesterday the weather was beautiful”
adverb

in the recent past; only a short time ago

“I was not born
yesterday!”

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Yesterday

The date
Yesterday was between Tuesday, 11 April 2023 and Wednesday, 12 April 2023, subject to local time zone.
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Look up yesterday in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Yesterday is a temporal construct of the relative past; literally of the day before the current day (today), or figuratively of earlier periods or times, often but not always within living memory.

Learning and language[edit]

The concepts of «yesterday», «today» and «tomorrow» are among the first relative time concepts acquired by infants.^[1] In language a distinctive noun or adverb for «yesterday» is present in most but not all languages, though languages with ambiguity in vocabulary also have other ways to distinguish the immediate past and immediate future.^[2] «Yesterday» is also a relative term and concept in grammar and syntax.^[3]

Yesterday is an abstract concept in the sense that events that occurred in the past do not exist in the present reality, though their consequences persist.

Some languages have a hesternal tense: a dedicated grammatical form for events of the previous day.

References[edit]

^ Cath Arnold Child Development and Learning 2-5 Years: Georgia’s Story 0761972994 1999 «She is referring, not only to her correct use of language, but to the concept of ‘yesterday’, which she uses correctly in this instance.»
^ Mary R. Key The Relationship of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication 3110813092 1980 p.20 «The consideration of time calls for communicating the concept of ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’. In some languages the same term is used for both of these English words, though assuredly the people also have a way of dealing with past and future actions. For example, in Chama (Tacanan) mekawaxe means both ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’. It is of interest that this same language group deals with space in a similar way. Thus, in Chama sam’ means both ‘left’ and ‘right’;»
^ The Function of tense in texts Jadranka Gvozdanović, Theodorus Albertus Johannes Maria Janssen, Östen Dahl — 1991 — Volumes 144 to 146 — Page 100 «Yesterday is relative to the day ‘where we are’, a minute ago to the minute, more or less, 500 years ago to ‘our present’ in a thematically suitable sense, perhaps ‘this century’, or ‘modern times’. «

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