yesterday
Plural: yesterdays
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"
- The day immediately before today; one day ago.
- The past, often in terms of being outdated.
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!"
Adv
- On the day before today.
- As soon as possible.
Examples
- I need it yesterday!
- I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.
- I want this done yesterday!
- The worker of today is different from that of yesterday.
- Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.
- Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.
- yesterday's technology
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrandæġ, ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ, ġeostran dæġ (“yesterday”), by surface analysis, yester- + day. Cognate with Scots yisterday, yesterday (“yesterday”), Saterland Frisian jässendeeg, järsendeges (“yesterday”, adverb), West Frisian justerdei (“yesterday”), Dutch gisterdag (“yesterday”), dialectal German gestertag (“yesterday”), Swedish gårdag (“yesterday”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “tomorrow”, adverb). Compare further Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”).
Synonyms
the last day
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
yesterday: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordyesterday: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yesterday: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary