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yes⋅ter⋅day

  [yes-ter-dey, -dee]
Use yesterdays in a Sentence
–adverb
1. on the day preceding this day.
2. a short time ago: Yesterday your money went further.
–noun
3. the day preceding this day.
4. time in the immediate past.
–adjective
5. belonging or pertaining to the day before or to a time in the immediate past: yesterday morning.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE geostran dæg. See yester-, day

Related forms:
yes⋅ter⋅day⋅ness, noun
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yes·ter·day   (yěs'tər-dā', -dē)   
n.  
  1. The day before the present day.
  2. also yesterdays Time in the past, especially the recent past.
adv.  
  1. On the day before the present day.
  2. A short while ago.

[Middle English, from Old English geostran dæg : geostran, yesterday; see yester- + dæg, day; see day.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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