Meaning

2 senses
  1. The day immediately before today; one day ago.

    Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.

    Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.

    gestriger Tag, gestern

    вчера́včerá

    учо́раučóra, вчо́раvčóra

    the day immediately before today

  2. (figuratively)The past, often in terms of being outdated.

    yesterday's technology

    The worker of today is different from that of yesterday.

    вчераvčera

    the recent past

Examples

7096 sentences
  1. Did Tom help his mother yesterday?

    Том учора допомагав мамі? — deniko

    ruТом помог своей матери вчера? — sharptoothed

    deHat Tom gestern seiner Mutter geholfen? — MUIRIEL

  2. She's much better today than yesterday.

    Сьогодні їй набагато краще, ніж учора. — aandrusiak

    ruСегодня она чувствует себя намного лучше, чем вчера. — marafon

    deEs geht ihr gesundheitlich schon viel besser als gestern. — xtofu80

  3. There was a car accident yesterday.

    Вчора сталася дорожня пригода. — brambury

    ruВчера произошло дорожно-транспортное происшествие. — odexed

    deGestern gab es einen Autounfall. — Zaghawa

  4. Which program did you watch yesterday?

    Яку програму ти дивився вчора? — deniko

    ruКакую передачу ты вчера смотрел? — Karok

    deWelche Sendung hast du gestern gesehen? — Sudajaengi

  5. I feel better today than yesterday.

    Сьогодні я почуваюся краще, ніж учора. — aandrusiak

    ruСегодня я чувствую себя лучше, чем вчера. — Hellerick

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 2
day before today:
the recent past:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
day before today:

Origin

From Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrand

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”).

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Forms

plural: yesterdays
Singularyesterday
Pluralyesterdays

regular

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • do that yesterday
  • day before yesterday
  • yesterday afternoon
  • be here yesterday
  • all day yesterday
  • yesterday morning
  • school yesterday
  • yesterday but
  • yesterday evening
  • the park yesterday
  • to school yesterday
  • what happened yesterday

See also

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