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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
Noun
1. the day before today
2. the recent past
Adverb
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 [ˈjɛstədɪ] adv, nayer m;
yesterday morning/evening → ayer por la mañana/tarde;
all day yesterday → todo el día de ayer;
the day before yesterday → antes de ayer, anteayer
yesterday [ˈjɛstədɪ] adv, nhier (m);
yesterday morning/evening → hier matin/soir;
the day before yesterday → avant-hier;
all day yesterday → toute la journée d'hier
yesterday [ˈjɛstədɪ] advgestern
nGestern nt;
yesterday morning/evening → gestern Morgen/Abend;
yesterday's paper → die Zeitung von gestern;
the day before yesterday → vorgestern;
all day yesterday → gestern den ganzen Tag (lang)
yesterday [ˈjɛstədɪ] adv, nieri (m inv);
yesterday morning/evening → ieri mattina/sera;
the day before yesterday → l'altro ieri;
all day yesterday → ieri tutto il giorno

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


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