yesterday
yes
ˈjɛs
yes
ter
tər
tēr
day
ˌdeÉĒ
dei
/ˈjɛstəˌdeÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "yesterday"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āφāϗ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

at a time within the 24-hour period immediately preceding the current day
yesterday definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flight landed yesterday.
āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻ…āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ

at some point in the near past
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The law passed yesterday, but its impact is already clear.
āφāχāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĨ¤
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āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āĻāĻ–āύāχ

used to demand action as if it were already overdue
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
" We need these repairs done yesterday! " the manager shouted.
"āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāχ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ!" āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

the 24-hour period immediately preceding the current day
yesterday definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Yesterday was chaotic at work.
āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

a time not long ago, often refers to trends or achievements
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Yesterday's hero is forgotten today.
āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āφāϜ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ

bygone days, often nostalgic and used in plural form
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Yesterdays seem simpler in memory.
āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇, āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ

during a specified part of the previous day
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We met for lunch yesterday noon.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ Đ˛ŅŅ‚Ņ€ĐĩŅ‚Đ¸ĐģĐ¸ŅŅŒāĨ¤
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