yesterday - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'yesterday' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Yesterday

[ adv.]

- On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.

2 . Yesterday

[ n.]

- The day last past; the day next before the present.
- Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.

1 . yesterday

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the day immediately before today

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Meaning (2):
- the recent past

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3 . yesterday

[ r]

Meaning (3):
- in the recent past; only a short time ago

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Meaning (4):
- on the day preceding today

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yes yest yester yester-evening yester-morning yestereve yestermorn yestern yesternight yesternoon

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