yesterday

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjɛstədeɪ/, /ˈjɛstədɪ/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈjɪstədə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjɛstɹdeɪ/, /ˈjɛstɹdi/ (dated, Southern US folk speech) IPA(key): /ˈjɪstɹdeɪ/, /ˈjɪstɹdi/ Hyphenation: yes‧ter‧day === Noun === yesterday (plural yesterdays) The day immediately before today; one day ago. (figuratively) The past, often in terms of being outdated. ==== Usage notes ==== The plural yesterdays is unusual and often poetic for the recent past, e.g. “all our yesterdays have come back to haunt us”. While pronunciations with /ˈjɪ-/ are now dialectal, they were formerly found in the standard language. For example, writer and orthoepist Thomas Sheridan prescribed such a pronunciation in his work. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === yesterday (not comparable) On the day before today. Synonym: (Ireland) the last day Antonym: tomorrow (informal) As soon as possible. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === ereyesterday hesternal last night nudiustertian today tomorrow night tonight === References === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝusterday, ȝurstendæi, ȝisterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, yusterday, ȝerstendæi, yurstai === Etymology === From Old English ġiestrandæġ; equivalent to yester- +‎ day. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɛstərdæi/, /ˈjistərdæi/, /ˈjustərdæi/ === Adverb === yesterday On the preceding day At another preceding point in time; in the past === Noun === yesterday The preceding day; yesterday A preceding point in time; the past ==== Descendants ==== English: yesterday Middle Scots: ȝisterday, ȝesterday Scots: yesterday Yola: yersthei, yerstei, yerstey ==== References ==== “yester-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2018.