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English noun: yesterday

1. yesterday (time) the day immediately before today


SamplesIt was in yesterday's newspapers.


Broader (hypernym)24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours

2. yesterday (time) the recent past


SamplesYesterday's solutions are not good enough.
We shared many yesterdays.


Broader (hypernym)past, past times, yesteryear


English adverb: yesterday

1. yesterday on the day preceding today


SamplesYesterday the weather was beautiful.

2. yesterday in the recent past; only a short time ago


SamplesI was not born yesterday!.









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