yesterday

CEFRA1

/ˈjɛstədeɪ/

adverb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    On the day before today.

  2. 02

    noun

    The day before today.

Examples

  • A company spokeswoman said yesterday that no final decision had been made yet.

  • The day before yesterday you impressed everyone, but I already knew you.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈjɛstədɪ/
  • /ˈjɛstɹdi/

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. The past, often in terms of being outdated.

  2. As soon as possible.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The day immediately before today; one day ago.

More examples

In context

  • I went to the zoo yesterday.

  • Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.

  • Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.

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Origin

adverb

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”).