yesterday

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And yesterday --- yesterday, the Minister for Finance, having already likened himself to the American President who dragged his nation out of a Depression, went even further in his hubris, in his presumption, in his out-of-touch impertinence.

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  1. noun The day before the present day.
  2. noun Time in the past, especially the recent past.
  3. adverb On the day before the present day.
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  • I caught myself thinking in French yesterday, not just a few words but complete sentences; I was even conjugating the verbs properly. —  van de Wetering - [Grijpstra-De Gier 03] The Corpse on the Dike
  • One of the many things I'll be doing during and after Ramadan is to Pray regularly, continue to give to charity, read Quran (I just started it in English yesterday) and my mission is complete the whole thing during the month of Ramadan. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • Among the slew of Bush-era documents released by President Obama yesterday was an October 23, —  Blogrunner
  • That, at least, was the conclusion of a report yesterday from the National Audit Office. —  Environment news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • The real news out of the interview that George Stephanopoulos aired with President-elect Barack Obama yesterday was the answer Malia and —  Top Stories - Google News
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English geostran dæg : geostran, yesterday; see yester- + dæg, day; see day.

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  1. Also dial. yisterday; from Middle English yesterday, ʒisterdai, ʒusterdai, ʒhistredai, ʒurstendai, from Anglo-Saxon geostrandæg, giestrandæg, gystrandæg = Dutch gisteren dag, dag van gister, yesterday, = Gothic (Moesogothic) gistradagis (found only once, in the alternative sense ‘to-morrow’); = Latin hesterno die, yesterday; as yester- + day.
  2. from yesterday, adv.
 

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