Yesterday - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈjestərdeɪ|  American pronunciation of the word yesterday
Brit.  |ˈjestədeɪ|  British pronunciation of the word yesterday

noun

- the day immediately before today
it was in yesterday's newspapers
- the recent past
yesterday's solutions are not good enough
we shared many yesterdays

adverb

- on the day preceding today
yesterday the weather was beautiful
- in the recent past; only a short time ago
I was not born yesterday!

Extra examples

It rained heavily yesterday afternoon.

I mailed the application early yesterday morning.

It was good to see you yesterday.

Yesterday's game was canceled because of the rain.

The radio program features yesterday's songs as well as today's.

Today's cars aren't all that different from the models of yesterday.

I was not born yesterday.

They arrived the day before yesterday.

I was not born yesterday!

The same thing happened to me yesterday.

She arrived the day before yesterday.

The two golfers were tied at the start of play yesterday.

I haven't seen him since yesterday.

I remember my first day of school like it was yesterday.

Have you two spoken since yesterday?

Word forms

noun
singular: yesterday
plural: yesterdays
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