yesterday: Meaning and Definition of

yes•ter•day

Pronunciation: (yes'tur-dā", -dē), [key]
— adv.
  1. on the day preceding this day.
  2. a short time ago: Yesterday your money went further.
—n.
  1. the day preceding this day.
  2. time in the immediate past.
—adj.
  1. belonging or pertaining to the day before or to a time in the immediate past: yesterday morning.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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