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- [yes-ter-dey, -dee]
- /ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di/
- /ˈjestədeɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [yes-ter-dey, -dee]
- /ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di/
Definitions of yesterday word
- adverb yesterday on the day preceding this day. 1
- adverb yesterday a short time ago: Yesterday your money went further. 1
- noun yesterday the day preceding this day. 1
- noun yesterday time in the immediate past. 1
- adjective yesterday belonging or pertaining to the day before or to a time in the immediate past: yesterday morning. 1
- noun yesterday On the day before today. 1
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Origin of yesterday
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English; Old English geostran dæg. See yester-, day
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Yesterday
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
yesterday popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for yesterday
noun yesterday
- bygone — Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- foretime — former or past time; the past.
- lang syne — long since; long ago.
- recently — of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
adjective yesterday
- passe — no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded: There were many photographs of passé fashions. I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
- has-been — a person or thing that is no longer effective, successful, popular, etc.
- demode — out of fashion
- disused — discontinuance of use or practice: Traditional customs are falling into disuse.
- out of date — gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.
Antonyms for yesterday
noun yesterday
- tomorrow — the day following today: Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny.
Top questions with yesterday
- who won yesterday?
- who won the nascar race yesterday?
- who died yesterday?
- what was the weather yesterday?
- yesterday when i was young?
- what was the temperature yesterday?
- yesterday when i was young+lyric?
- who won nascar race yesterday?
- who won the indians game yesterday?
- who did green bay play yesterday?
- who won the fsu game yesterday?
- who won the nfl games yesterday?
- who won the michigan state game yesterday?
- what holiday was yesterday?
- what was the score of the yankee game yesterday?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with y
- Words starting with ye
- Words starting with yes
- Words starting with yest
- Words starting with yeste
- Words starting with yester
- Words starting with yesterd
- Words starting with yesterda
- Words starting with yesterday