yesterday
Syllables: yes·ter·day/ˈjɛstədeɪ/
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Northumbria/ˈjɪstədə/
yesterday noun: the day immediately before today; one day ago.
Noun
yesterday (plural yesterdays)
Adverb
yesterday (not comparable)
- On the day before today.
- I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.
- Synonyms:
- the last day
- Antonyms:
- tomorrow
- As soon as possible.
- I want this done yesterday!
- I need it yesterday!
yesterday meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
yesterday in Hindi
- day before today
- कल kal, कलि kali
- on the day before today
- कल kal, काल kāl
yesterday in Tamil
- day before today
- நேற்று nēṟṟu
- on the day before today
- நேற்று nēṟṟu
yesterday in Marathi
- day before today
- काल kāl
- on the day before today
- काल kāl
yesterday in Urdu
- day before today
- کل kal
- on the day before today
- کَل kal, دِیروز dīroz
More languagesFewer languages
- yesterday in Bengali
- গতকাল gotokal
- yesterday in Telugu
- నిన్న ninna
- yesterday in Malayalam
- ഇന്നലെ innale
- yesterday in Kannada
- ನಿನ್ನೆ ninne
- yesterday in Punjabi
- ਕੱਲ੍ਹ kallh
- yesterday in Gujarati
- ગઈ કાલ gaī kāl, ગઇકાલે gaikāle
- yesterday in Odia
- ଗତକାଲି gatakāli
- yesterday in Sanskrit
- ह्यस् hyás
- yesterday in Sinhala
- ඊයේ īyē
- yesterday in Assamese
- কালি kali, যোৱাকালি züakali
- yesterday in Nepali
- हिजो hijo
- yesterday in Pashto
- پرون pron
- yesterday in Tagalog
- kahapon
- yesterday in Arabic
- أَمْس ʔams, أَمْسِ ʔamsi
- yesterday in Malay
- kelmarin, kemarin
- yesterday in Indonesian
- kemarin
- yesterday in Persian
- دیروز diruz
- yesterday in Thai
- เมื่อวานนี้ mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi
- yesterday in Vietnamese
- hôm qua
- yesterday in Myanmar
- မနေ့က ma.ne.ka.
- Sindhi
- ڪلهه kalha
- Kashmiri
- راتھ rāth
Examples of yesterday in a sentence
- Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:
- Yesterday / All my troubles seemed so far away / Now it looks as though they're here to stay / Oh, I believe in yesterday1965, Paul McCartney, “Yesterday”, in Help!:
- All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]...
- From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
Synonyms of yesterday
Antonyms
Forms of yesterday
| plural | yesterdays |
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Origin of yesterday
From Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrandæġ, ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ, ġeostran dæġ (“yesterday”), by surface analysis, yester- + day. Cognate with Scots yisterday, yesterday (“yesterday”), Saterland Frisian jässendeeg, järsendeges (“yesterday”, adverb), West Frisian justerdei (“yesterday”), Dutch gisterdag (“yesterday”), dialectal German gestertag (“yesterday”), Swedish gårdag (“yesterday”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “tomorrow”, adverb). Compare further Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”).
Words formed from yesterday
- born yesterday
- day before yesterday
- ereyesterday
- remember like it was yesterday
- yesterday but one
- yesterday is gone
- yesterday night
- yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
- yesterday-today-tomorrow
Phrases with yesterday
Questions about yesterday
- What does yesterday mean?
- Yesterday means the day immediately before today; one day ago.
- What is yesterday in Hindi?
- Yesterday in Hindi is कल (kal), कलि (kali), काल (kāl). See Yesterday meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use yesterday in a sentence?
- Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
- What part of speech is yesterday?
- Yesterday can be a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce yesterday?
- Yesterday is pronounced /ˈjɛstədeɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yesterday?
- The plural of yesterday is yesterdays.
Words near yesterday in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yesterday (page history and authors); हिजो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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