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Yesterday

Yesterday Meaning & Definition
Yesterday Definition And Meaning

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!"

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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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