- the day immediately preceding today
- (often plural) the recent past
- on or during the day before today
- in the recent past
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yes•ter•day /ˈyɛstɚˌdeɪ, -di/USA pronunciation
adv.
n.
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- on the day before this day:I got home late yesterday.
- in a previous era:Yesterday your money went further.
n.
- the day before this day:[uncountable]in yesterday's paper.
- time in the immediate past:[countable]had a lot of happy yesterdays.
adj. [before a noun]
- belonging or relating to the day before or to an immediate past time.
yes•ter•day
(yes′tər dā′, -dē),USA pronunciation adv.
n.
adj.
yes′ter•day•ness, n.
- on the day preceding this day.
- a short time ago:Yesterday your money went further.
n.
- the day preceding this day.
- time in the immediate past.
adj.
- belonging or pertaining to the day before or to a time in the immediate past:yesterday morning.
- bef. 950; Middle English; Old English geostran dæg. See yester-, day
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yesterday /ˈjɛstədɪ; -ˌdeɪ/ n
'yesterday' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Agnon
- born
- by
- Byrds
- late
- only
- rarely
- reheat
- same
- since
- today
- vouchsafe
- whenever
- yester
- yester-
- yestreen
- airmail
- as
- bump
- clean
- cleaning
- climb
- clock
- close
- continuation
- fall
- fill
- find
- go
- improvise
- jam-up
- lay
- pat
- pick
- pitch
- rain
- rankshift
- take
- them
- thirty
- transpire
- warm
- week
- while
- yesterevening
- yestermorning
- yesternoon
- zip
- set
- seventy