The Wordsmith Dictionary

Yes "ter *day, n. Etym: [OE. ýisterdai, AS. geostran dæg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gær yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. hyas ) + dæg day. Cf. Hestern.

1. The day last past; the day next before the present. All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9.

2. Fig. : A recent time; time not long past. The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs. Macaulay.

YESTERDAY

YESTERDAY Yes "ter *day, adv.

Defn: On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.

YESTEREVE; YESTER-EVENING

YESTEREVE; YESTER-EVENING Yes "ter *eve `, Yes "ter-e `ven *ing, n.

Defn: The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.

YESTERMORN; YESTER-MORNING

YESTERMORN; YESTER-MORNING Yes "ter *morn `, Yes "ter-morn `ing, n.

Defn: The morning of yesterday. Coleridge.

YESTERN

Yes "tern, a. Etym: [See Yester. ]

Defn: Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.

YESTERNIGHT

YESTERNIGHT Yes "ter *night `, n.

Defn: The last night; the night last past.

YESTERNIGHT

Yes "ter *night `, adv. Etym: [AS. gystran niht. See Yesterday. ]

Defn: On the last night. B. Jonson.

YESTERNOON

YESTERNOON Yes "ter *noon `, n.

Defn: The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.

YESTERWEEK

YESTERWEEK Yes "ter *week `, n.

Defn: The week last past; last week.

YESTERYEAR

YESTERYEAR Yes "ter *year `, n.

Defn: The year last past; last year.

New American Oxford Dictionary

yester-

yester- ▶comb. form literary or archaic of yesterday: yestereve | yesteryear. ORIGIN Old English geostran, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gisteren and German gestern ‘yesterday, ’ from an Indo-European root shared by Latin heri and Greek khthes.

yesterday

yes ter day |ˈyestərˌdā, -dē ˈjɛstərdi ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ | ▶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 bestsellers. PHRASES yesterday morning (or afternoon, etc. ) in the morning (or afternoon, etc. ) of yesterday. yesterday's man a man, esp. a politician, whose career is finished or past its peak. yesterday's news a person or thing that is no longer of interest. ORIGIN Old English giestran dæg (see yester-, day ).

yesternight

yes ter night |ˈyestərˌnīt ˈjɛstərnaɪt | ▶noun archaic last night. ▶adverb during last night.

yesteryear

yes ter year |ˈyestərˌyir ˈjɛstərˌjɪ (ə )r | ▶noun literary last year or the recent past, esp. as nostalgically recalled: return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.

Oxford Dictionary

yester-

yester- |ˈjɛstə | ▶combining form literary or archaic of yesterday: yestereve. ORIGIN Old English geostran, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gisteren and German gestern ‘yesterday ’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin heri and Greek khthes.

yesterday

yes ¦ter |day |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. yesterday's man a man, especially a politician, whose career is finished or past its peak. yesterday's news a person or thing that is no longer of interest. ORIGIN Old English giestran dæg (see yester-, day ).

yesternight

yes ter night |ˈyestərˌnīt ˈjɛstərnaɪt | ▶noun archaic last night. ▶adverb during last night.

yesteryear

yes ¦ter |year |ˈjɛstəjɪə, -jəː | ▶noun literary last year or the recent past, especially as nostalgically recalled: the snows of yesteryear have gone.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

yesterday

yes ter day /jéstə r di, -dèɪ /〖yester (昨日の )day (日 )〗副詞 1 きのう (は ), 昨日 (は )▸ They (╳ have ) arrived here yesterday .彼らはきのうここに到着した (!完了形とは一緒に用いない ) ▸ It was a nice day yesterday .きのうは良い天気だった ▸ It seems like only yesterday that you entered the school .あなたが入学したのがまるできのうのことのようだ ▸ Mary said, “I met John yesterday .”メリーは「きのうジョンに会った」と言った (≒Mary said that she had met John the day before. ) (!間接話法でyesterdayがthe day beforeに置き換わるのは, 主節の主語 (ここではMary )の発話の日付と話し手 (I )の発話の日付が異なる場合に限る; 話し手がその日に聞いた話を伝える時にはyesterdayのまま ) ▸ It was reported yesterday that ...昨日 …と報じられた (!｟英｠のニュースではyesterdayはしばしば文中に置かれる; ｟米｠のニュースはyesterdayよりも具体的な曜日を用いることが多い:The President said Monday …月曜日に大統領は …と述べた ) 2 ついこの間, 最近, 近ごろ ▸ I wasn't born yesterday .きのう今日生まれたばかりじゃないんだ (!「簡単にだまされないぞ」という意味; Do you think I was born yesterday ?のようにも用いる ) 3 ｟話｠今すぐ, 至急 (!用例は →need 他動詞 1 ) .名詞複～s /-z /1 a. U きのう , 昨日 ▸ the day before yesterday 一昨日, おととい ▸ at this time yesterday きのうのこの今ごろに ▸ yesterday's class きのうの授業 ▸ Yesterday was my first wedding anniversary .きのうは私の最初の結婚記念日だった b. 〖形容詞的に〗きのうの, 昨日の ▸ yesterday [last ] evening きのうの晩 ▸ yesterday [╳last ] morning [afternoon ]きのうの朝 [午後 ] (!nightはlast nightのみ可能; ╳yesterday nightとしない ) 2 U C ｟文｠〖時に～s 〗(近い )過去 ; ついこのあいだ ▸ yesterday's news 過去の (すでに重要ではない )ニュース

yesteryear

y é s ter y è ar 名詞 U 副詞｟詩古｠昨年 .