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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
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 [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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