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- Dictionaryyesterday/ˈjɛstədeɪ/
adverb
- 1. on the day before today: "he returned to a hero's welcome yesterday"
noun
- 1. the day before today: "yesterday was Tuesday"
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A1. on the day before today: He called yesterday while you were out. I saw her yesterday afternoon. More examplesFewer examples. I rang them yesterday to check when they were arriving. The police have deduced that he must have left his apartment yesterday evening. The company's shares dived by 90p to 165p on the stock market yesterday.
The meaning of YESTERDAY is on the day last past : on the day preceding today. How to use yesterday in a sentence.
noun. us / ˈjes.tɚ.deɪ / uk / ˈjes.tə.deɪ / [ U ] the day before today: "Is that today's paper ?" "No, it's yesterday's." the day before yesterday. two days ago: I called her the day before yesterday. See more. [ C or U ] the recent past: Nobody's interested in yesterday's pop stars. all your yesterdays These songs are a part of all our yesterdays.
Yesterday definition: on the day preceding this day.. See examples of YESTERDAY used in a sentence.
You refer to the morning and afternoon of the day before today as yesterday morning and yesterday afternoon. Yesterday morning I went for a run. Heavy rain fell here yesterday afternoon. You can also talk about yesterday evening, but it is more common to refer to the previous evening as last night.
Definition of 'yesterday' Word Frequency. yesterday. (jestəʳdeɪ , -di ) Word forms: plural yesterdays. 1. adverb A1. You use yesterday to refer to the day before today. She left yesterday. Yesterday she announced that she is quitting her job. Yesterday is also a noun. In yesterday's games, we beat our opponents two-one. 2. uncountable noun.
yesterday. adverb. /ˈjestədeɪ/, /ˈjestədi/. /ˈjestərdeɪ/, /ˈjestərdi/. Idioms. on the day before today. A company spokeswoman said yesterday that no final decision had been made yet. yesterday morning/afternoon/evening. The company yesterday announced a $40 million deal.
A1. the day before today: I went to see the doctor yesterday. yesterday morning / afternoon. Fewer examples. There are a lot more people here today than there were yesterday. The ship was last sighted off the French coast at 8 o'clock yesterday evening. There was an interesting piece on alternative medicine in the paper yesterday.
Definitions of yesterday. noun. the day immediately before today. “it was in yesterday's newspapers” see more. noun. the recent past. “ yesterday's solutions are not good enough” “we shared many yesterdays ” see more. adverb. on the day preceding today. “ yesterday the weather was beautiful” adverb. in the recent past; only a short time ago.
yesterday meaning, definition, what is yesterday: on or during the day before today: Learn more.
