yesterday
/ˈjɛstɹdeɪ/noun, adverb3 syllables
Yesterday means: the day immediately before today.
Synonyms for yesterday1
What does yesterday mean?4
noun
1
the day immediately before today“it was in yesterday's newspapers”
2
the recent past“yesterday's solutions are not good enough”
adverb
1
on the day preceding today“yesterday the weather was beautiful”
2
in the recent past; only a short time ago“I was not born yesterday!”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Yesterday in a sentence
- It seems like yesterday, but it's actually nearly ten years since we first met.CK
- Alice might have been there yesterday, but we didn't see her.CN
- You went to the park yesterday, didn't you?CK
- The bat was stolen yesterday, along with the balls.CM
- You didn't come to school yesterday, did you?Swift
- It rained yesterday, but it cleared up this morning.CK
- It was cold yesterday, but it is still colder today.CM
- Yesterday he was seriously ill, but today he is much better.CM
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of yesterday
as a noun
- plural
- yesterdays