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yesterday
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yes·ter·day  (ystr-d, -d)
n.
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.]

yesterday [ˈjɛstədɪ -ˌdeɪ]
n
1. the day immediately preceding today
2. (often plural) the recent past
adv
1. on or during the day before today
2. in the recent past

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."
  • ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    Noun1.yesterday - the day immediately before today; "it was in yesterday's newspapers"
    24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
    2.yesterday - the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"
    past, past times, yesteryear - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
    Adv.1.yesterday - on the day preceding today; "yesterday the weather was beautiful"
    2.yesterday - in the recent past; only a short time ago; "I was not born yesterday!"
    Translations
    yesterday [ˈjestədeɪ]
    A. ADVayer
    yesterday afternoonayer por la tarde
    yesterday morning/eveningayer por la mañana/tarde
    all day yesterdaytodo el día de ayer
    late yesterdayayer a última hora
    I wasn't born yesterdayno me chupo el dedo
    B. Nayer m
    the day before yesterdayanteayer
    yesterday was Mondayayer era lunes
    all our yesterdaystodos nuestros ayeres

    yesterday [ˈjɛstərdeɪ ˈjɛstərdi]
    advhier
    She left yesterday → Elle est partie hier.
    all day yesterday → toute la journée d'hier
    n
    (= day before) → hier m
    yesterday's paper → le journal d'hier
    yesterday's meeting → la réunion d'hier
    the day before yesterday → avant-hier
    (= the past) → hier
    The worker of today is different from the worker of yesterday → Le travailleur d'aujourd'hui n'est plus le même que celui d'hier., Le travailleur d'aujourd'hui n'est plus le même que celui d'autrefois.
    yesterday afternoon advhier après-midi
    yesterday evening advhier soir
    yesterday morning advhier matin

    yesterday
    nGestern nt; the fashions of yesterdaydie Mode von gestern; all our yesterdaysunsere ganze Vergangenheit
    adv (lit, fig)gestern; yesterday morning/afternoon/eveninggestern Morgen/Nachmittag/Abend; he was at home all (day) yesterdayer war gestern den ganzen Tag zu Hause; the day before yesterdayvorgestern; a week ago yesterdaygestern vor einer Woche ? born

    yesterday [ˈjɛstəˌdeɪ]
    1. advieri
    yesterday morning/evening → ieri mattina/sera
    the day before yesterday → l'altro ieri
    a week yesterday (past) → una settimana fa, ieri
    late yesterday → ieri in serata
    it rained all (day) yesterday → ieri è piovuto tutto il giorno
    the great men of yesterday → i grandi uomini del passato
    2. nieri m inv

    yesterday
    n / adv yesterday [ˈjestədi]
    (on) the day before today Yesterday was a tiring day; He went home yesterday. gister أمْس، البارِحَه вчера včera, včerejšek i går gestern χθες ayer eile دیروز eilen hier אֶתְמוֹל कल (बीता हुआ) jučer tegnap kemarin gærdagur ieri 昨日 어제 vakar vakardiena; vakar semalam gisteren i går; gårsdagen wczoraj ontem ieri вчера včera, včerajšok včeraj juče i går เมื่อวาน dün 昨天 вчорашній день; учора گزرا ہوا کل ngày hôm qua

    yesterday أمس 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


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