"yesterday" meaning in English

See yesterday in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈjestədeɪ/ [UK], /ˈjestərdeɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-yesterday.ogg [US], en-uk-yesterday.ogg [UK] Forms: yesterday [singular], yesterdays [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Yesterdays are days in the past.
    Sense id: simple-yesterday-en-noun-2TIcbL4l

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈjestədeɪ/ [UK], /ˈjestərdeɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-yesterday.ogg [US], en-uk-yesterday.ogg [UK]
  1. (on) the day before today
    Sense id: simple-yesterday-en-pron-sYjDEOER
  2. the past in general
    Sense id: simple-yesterday-en-pron-Mktf7z82
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Yesterday, I went to the store."
        },
        {
          "text": "Victor chaired the meeting yesterday."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(on) the day before today"
      ],
      "id": "simple-yesterday-en-pron-sYjDEOER"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His clothes are like yesterday's fashion."
        },
        {
          "text": "I met her yesterday morning."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the past in general"
      ],
      "id": "simple-yesterday-en-pron-Mktf7z82"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈjestədeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjestərdeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-yesterday.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-yesterday.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yesterday"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yesterday",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yesterdays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "yes‧ter‧day",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He remembered all his yesterdays."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Yesterdays are days in the past."
      ],
      "id": "simple-yesterday-en-noun-2TIcbL4l",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjestədeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjestərdeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-yesterday.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-yesterday.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yesterday"
}
{
  "hyphenation": "yes‧ter‧day",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Yesterday, I went to the store."
        },
        {
          "text": "Victor chaired the meeting yesterday."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(on) the day before today"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His clothes are like yesterday's fashion."
        },
        {
          "text": "I met her yesterday morning."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the past in general"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjestədeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjestərdeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-yesterday.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-uk-yesterday.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yesterday"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yesterday",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yesterdays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "yes‧ter‧day",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He remembered all his yesterdays."
        }
      ],
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        "Yesterdays are days in the past."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjestədeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjestərdeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-yesterday.ogg",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-uk-yesterday.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yesterday"
}

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