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Meaning of yesterday

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

yesterday

Pronunciation:/ˈjɛstədeɪ//ˈjɛstɚdeɪ/

noun

Definitions

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

    Example: Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.

  2. The recent past, often disparaging.

    Example: yesterday's technology

adverb

Definitions

  1. On the day before today.

    Example: I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.

    Synonyms:the last day
    Antonyms:tomorrow

  2. As soon as possible.

    Example: I want this done yesterday!

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yesterday

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