yesterday

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈjɛstərdeɪ/, /ˈjɛstərdi/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈjɛstɚˌdeɪ, -di/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yes′tər dā′, -dē)


Collocations for "yesterday"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "yesterday" in context.

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yesterday

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. the day before yesterday
  2. yesterday's [news, newspapers, concert, match, man]
  3. [happy, sad, fond] yesterdays
  4. yesterday was [Tuesday, cloudy, sunny]
  5. it seems like [just, only] yesterday (that)
  6. it [felt, seemed] like yesterday when
  7. the day before yesterday
  8. [happy, sad, fond] yesterdays
  9. it [felt, seemed] like yesterday when
  10. it seems like [just, only] yesterday (that)
  11. yesterday's [news, newspapers, concert, match, man]
adv
  1. yesterday she [finished, tried, saw]
  2. [finished] (it) yesterday
  3. was [announced, released, ready, reported] yesterday
  4. it was [announced] yesterday
additional examples
  1. the day before yesterday
  2. yesterday [afternoon, morning]
  3. yesterday's [news, newspapers, concert, match, man]
  4. yesterday she [finished, tried, saw]
  5. [happy, sad, fond] yesterdays
  6. [finished] (it) yesterday
  7. yesterday was [Tuesday, cloudy, sunny]
  8. was [announced, released, ready, reported] yesterday
  9. it seems like [just, only] yesterday (that)
  10. it was [announced] yesterday
  11. it [felt, seemed] like yesterday when
  12. the day before yesterday
  13. [happy, sad, fond] yesterdays
  14. it [felt, seemed] like yesterday when
  15. it seems like [just, only] yesterday (that)
  16. yesterday's [news, newspapers, concert, match, man]
'yesterday' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acknowledge - afternoon - agree - ankle - arrive - better - bin - born - break - cab - call - chat - clear - cold - conversation - day - depressing - discussion - doing - draw - enthusiasm - evening - exception - experience - finalize - follow - game - guy - handout - happen - hardware - headline - her - hot - idea - incredible - joke - leftover - mail - morning - nowhere - odd - only - painter - phone - podcast - postcard - quote - repeat - response

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