About The Word Yesterday
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Yesterday
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What's The Definition Of Yesterday?
[n] the day immediately before today; "it was in yesterday's newspapers"
[n] the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays" [adv] on the day preceding today; "yesterday the weather was beautiful" [adv] in the recent past; only a short time ago; "I was not born yesterday!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Yesterday: Related Terms | Find terms related to Yesterday: See Also | day | mean solar day | past | past times | solar day | twenty-four hours | yesteryear | yore Yesterday In Webster's Dictionary \Yes"ter*day\, n. [OE. [yogh]isterdai, AS. geostran
d[ae]g, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran,
yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron,
Icel. g[ae]r yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis
to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. ?, Skr. hyas) + d[ae]g day.
Cf. {Hestern}. ????.]
1. The day last past; the day next before the present.
All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to
dusty death. --Shak.
We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. --Job
viii. 9.
2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when
compared with the line of supreme pontiffs.
--Macaulay.
\Yes"ter*day\, adv. On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday. |
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