yesterday

/ˈjɛstərdeɪ/

/ˈjɛstədeɪ/

Other forms: yesterdays

Definitions of yesterday

1. noun

   the day immediately before today
   “it was in yesterday's newspapers”

   type of:

   24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours

   time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
2. noun

   the recent past
   “yesterday's solutions are not good enough”

   “we shared many yesterdays”

   type of:

   past, past times, yesteryear

   the time that has elapsed
3. adverb

   on the day preceding today
   “yesterday the weather was beautiful”
4. adverb

   in the recent past; only a short time ago
   “I was not born yesterday!”