Yesterday

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  • noun. The day before the present day.
  • noun. Time in the past, especially the recent past.
  • adverb. On the day before the present day.
  • adverb. A short while ago.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The day last past; the day next before the present: often used figuratively for time not long gone by; time in the immediate past.
  • On the day preceding this day; on the day last past.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day.
  • noun. The day last past; the day next before the present.
  • noun. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The day before today. 'Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow'. It can also understand as a day ago.
  • noun. The (recent) past, often disparaging.
  • adverb. On the day before today
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. on the day preceding today
  • noun. the day immediately before today
  • noun. the recent past
  • adverb. in the recent past; only a short time ago
    • Word Usage
    "˜Socrates came yesterday,™ ˜yesterday™ tells us the pertinent time) and those that indicate place."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    tomorrow  
    cross-reference
    last night  nudiustertian  today  tomorrow night  tonight  
    Form
    born yesterday  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    24-hour interval  day  mean solar day  past  past times  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    business  call  cut  go  make  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aforetime  before  before now  beforetime  bygone days  
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