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1 yes·ter·day

Pronounced:

/ˈjɛstɚˌdeɪ/Listen to audio

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural yes·ter·days

Meaning:

1 [noncount] : the day before today ▪ Yesterday's game was canceled because of the rain. ▪ Yesterday was our anniversary. ▪ She gave birth to a healthy baby boy the day before yesterday. [=two days ago]
2 [count] somewhat formal : a time in the past : the time of previous years ▪ The radio program features yesterday's songs as well as today's. ▪ Today's cars aren't all that different from the models of yesterday. ▪ That actor is yesterday's news. [=that actor was popular once, but is not popular now]
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