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yesterday

/ˈjestəˌdeɪ/YEH-stur-day
/ˈjɛstɚˌdeɪ/YEH-stur-day

Meaningyester-day

Common meaning: the day before today

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishgeostran dæg‘yesterday’sourceB&T
  2. Middle English3isterdaisource
  3. Englishyesterday‘the day before today’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English geostran dæg ‘the day just past’.

Roots

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