yesterday

yesterday
[[t]je̱stə(r)deɪ, -di[/t]]
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yesterdays
1) ADV: ADV with cl You use yesterday to refer to the day before today.

She left yesterday...

Yesterday she announced that she is quitting her job.

N-UNCOUNT
Yesterday is also a noun.

In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United States two-one.

2) N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl You can refer to the past, especially the recent past, as yesterday.

The worker of today is different from the worker of yesterday.

...a world without yesterdays or tomorrows.


English dictionary. 2008.

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