- the day before today
- Yesterday was Sunday.
- What happened at yesterday's meeting?
- The events of yesterday were clearly still troubling her.
- She died in the early hours of yesterday.
- He threatened to resign from the coalition if no agreement was reached by yesterday.
- (also yesterdays [plural])the recent past
- Yesterday's students are today's employees.
- All her yesterdays had vanished without a trace.
Word OriginOld English giestran dæg (from yester- Old English geostran, of Germanic origin + day).
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yesterday