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yester-minute

yester-minute adverb: the very recent past; minutes ago.

Adverb

yester-minute (not comparable)

  1. The very recent past; minutes ago.
    • thus it includes not only yesterday but yester-hour and yester-minute; this morning’s breakfast is already history2007, JW Herbert, “FREEDOM IN THE TEACHING OF HISTORY: A DISCUSSION”, in History
    • To some, nothing is older than a minutes-old Web page (to update the old saw about a day-old newspaper), but for others there is value in the Web sites of yester-minute and archivists have been wrestling with means of preserving today's Internet for tomorrow's scholars and researchers.2008 April 7, J. Scott Orr, “Trying to preserve today's Web for future generations”, in Seattle Times

Origin of yester-minute

From yester- + minute.

Questions about yester-minute

What does yester-minute mean?
Yester-minute means the very recent past; minutes ago.
What part of speech is yester-minute?
Yester-minute is an adverb.

Words near yester-minute in the dictionary

  1. yestaday
  2. yester
  3. yester month
  4. yester-
  5. yester-millennium
  6. yester-minute
  7. yester-month
  8. yester-morrow
  9. yester-morrows
  10. yester-year
  11. yester-years

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