yesterday

 
Pronunciation: /ˈjɛstədeɪ, -di/

adverb

  • on the day before today: he returned to a hero’s welcome yesterday
  • in the recent past: everything seems to have been built yesterday

noun

  • the day before today: yesterday was Tuesday
  • the recent past: yesterday’s best-sellers

Phrases

yesterday morning (or afternoon etc.)

in the morning (or afternoon etc.) of yesterday: my wife had a baby boy yesterday morning

yesterday's man

a man, especially a politician, whose career is finished or past its peak: he was no sooner elected leader than the media dismissed him as yesterday’s man

yesterday's news

a person or thing that is no longer of interest: Harry is yesterday’s news, diving down the ratings

Origin:

Old English giestran dæg (see yester-, day)