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Synonyms for yesterday

Grammar : Noun
Spell : yes-ter-dey, -dee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyɛs tərˌdeɪ, -di


Définition of yesterday

Origin :
  • Old English geostran dæg, from dæg "day" (see day) + geostran "yesterday," from Proto-Germanic *gestra- (cf. Old High German gestaron, German gestern "yesterday," Old Norse gær "tomorrow, yesterday," Gothic gistradagis "tomorrow"), originally "the other day" (reckoned from "today," either backward or forward), from PIE *ghes (cf. Sanskrit hyah, Avestan zyo, Persian di, Greek khthes, Latin heri, Old Irish indhe, Welsh doe "yesterday;" Latin hesternus "of yesterday").
  • noun the day before today
Example sentences :
  • We met the son and the old man at one of their mines yesterday.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Fifty-two runs since yesterday at this time, and the bell still ringing.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It won't be any safer to insult me now than it was yesterday.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The appearance of the country ahead is better than it looked yesterday.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • After this we left them and continued on to the spring found yesterday, and camped.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • I saw you in the Exchange this morning—I saw you yesterday—and the day before.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Ah, I remember the night I was converted, as if it were yesterday.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • But yesterday he up and bashed a fellow in the jaw, and the man went down.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Yesterday she had teasingly boasted to Katherine that Austin was in love with her.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

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