Yesterday
noun
The day before today.
I saw him yesterday.
Often appears as...
- yesterday morning
- yesterday evening
adverb
On the day before today.
I arrived yesterday.
Often appears as...
- arrived yesterday
- left yesterday
adjective
Relating to the day before today.
Yesterday's news
Often appears as...
- yesterday's news
- yesterday's dinner
noun
The recent past.
The factories of yesterday are no more.
Often appears as...
- yesterday's game
- factories of yesterday
noun
The day before today.
I saw him yesterday.
Often appears as...
- yesterday morning
- yesterday evening
adverb
On the day before today.
I arrived yesterday.
Often appears as...
- arrived yesterday
- left yesterday
adjective
Relating to the day before today.
Yesterday's news
Often appears as...
- yesterday's news
- yesterday's dinner
noun
The recent past.
The factories of yesterday are no more.
Often appears as...
- yesterday's game
- factories of yesterday
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Historic Context
Used to reference a very specific day in the past, not as an adjective or adverb.
Yesterday was unusually warm.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Recurring
Refers to the most recent day before today, not to any day prior to today.
She only realized it was her birthday yesterday.
Pro Tip 1/2Historic Context
Used to reference a very specific day in the past, not as an adjective or adverb.
Yesterday was unusually warm.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Recurring
Refers to the most recent day before today, not to any day prior to today.
She only realized it was her birthday yesterday.
Pro Tip 1/2Historic Context
Used to reference a very specific day in the past, not as an adjective or adverb.
Yesterday was unusually warm.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Recurring
Refers to the most recent day before today, not to any day prior to today.
She only realized it was her birthday yesterday.
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On tennis, love and...
and we were talking about how this is just a new part of my life, and my baby's going to be in the stands and hopefully cheering for me, not crying too much. No, you wrote a beautiful letter to your baby yesterday that you said -- from the oldest mommy to the youngest one, to the oldest, to the youngest, I can't wait for you to get here.
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Do schools kill...
One, it's diverse. We think about the world in all the ways that we experience it. We think visually, we think in sound, we think kinesthetically. We think in abstract terms, we think in movement. Secondly, intelligence is dynamic. If you look at the interactions of a human brain, as we heard yesterday from a number of presentations,
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It's not fair having 12...
At the time, the legs I presented were groundbreaking in prosthetics. I had woven carbon fiber sprinting legs modeled after the hind leg of a cheetah, which you may have seen on stage yesterday. And also these very life-like, intrinsically painted silicone legs.
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Learning from dirty jobs...
They use a band, basically, a rubber band, like this, only a little smaller. This one was actually around the playing cards I got yesterday -- But it had a certain familiarity to it. And I said, "Well, what exactly is the process?"
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On sincere and authentic...
reminded us yesterday and a really wonderfully funny but very meaningful talk said that the problem is women get elected to office and we all have high expectations for them to address gender issues right away but often they don't
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On positive psychology -...
csikszentmihalyi's been talking about about flow and it's distinct from pleasure in a very important way pleasure has raw feels you know it's happening it's thought and feeling but what mike told you yesterday during flow
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A Snow Tiger Complaining...
look at this few inches of snow and the old ruddy jungle comes to a standstill it's not even cold yesterday they said it was too cold to snow what does that even mean they must have known it was coming
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What really matters at...
Yes, compassion -- literally, as we learned yesterday -- suffering together. Now, on the systems side, on the other hand, so much of the suffering is unnecessary, invented. It serves no good purpose.
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Haitian Voodoo PIPE...
differently than yesterday and I said what's happened to better as a voodoo priest Gary Mazzio also serves as a community
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Filming Galapagos Giant...
by the park so they know exactly where they are they know roughly what time of year the eggs were laid yesterday
Video examples
On tennis, love and...
and we were talking about how this is just a new part of my life, and my baby's going to be in the stands and hopefully cheering for me, not crying too much. No, you wrote a beautiful letter to your baby yesterday that you said -- from the oldest mommy to the youngest one, to the oldest, to the youngest, I can't wait for you to get here.
Video examples
Do schools kill...
One, it's diverse. We think about the world in all the ways that we experience it. We think visually, we think in sound, we think kinesthetically. We think in abstract terms, we think in movement. Secondly, intelligence is dynamic. If you look at the interactions of a human brain, as we heard yesterday from a number of presentations,
Video examples
It's not fair having 12...
At the time, the legs I presented were groundbreaking in prosthetics. I had woven carbon fiber sprinting legs modeled after the hind leg of a cheetah, which you may have seen on stage yesterday. And also these very life-like, intrinsically painted silicone legs.
Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
They use a band, basically, a rubber band, like this, only a little smaller. This one was actually around the playing cards I got yesterday -- But it had a certain familiarity to it. And I said, "Well, what exactly is the process?"
Video examples
On sincere and authentic...
reminded us yesterday and a really wonderfully funny but very meaningful talk said that the problem is women get elected to office and we all have high expectations for them to address gender issues right away but often they don't
Video examples
On positive psychology -...
csikszentmihalyi's been talking about about flow and it's distinct from pleasure in a very important way pleasure has raw feels you know it's happening it's thought and feeling but what mike told you yesterday during flow
Video examples
A Snow Tiger Complaining...
look at this few inches of snow and the old ruddy jungle comes to a standstill it's not even cold yesterday they said it was too cold to snow what does that even mean they must have known it was coming
Video examples
What really matters at...
Yes, compassion -- literally, as we learned yesterday -- suffering together. Now, on the systems side, on the other hand, so much of the suffering is unnecessary, invented. It serves no good purpose.
Video examples
Haitian Voodoo PIPE...
differently than yesterday and I said what's happened to better as a voodoo priest Gary Mazzio also serves as a community
Video examples
Filming Galapagos Giant...
by the park so they know exactly where they are they know roughly what time of year the eggs were laid yesterday
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Wayne
American Actor
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
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Hanif Kureishi
English Playwright
You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Gnash
American Musician
Today's a beautiful day, and yesterday was a beautiful day, so that means it's a great life.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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L. Ron Hubbard
American Author
Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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Pankaj Patel
Indian Businessman
What we do tomorrow is more important than what we did yesterday.
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Roddy McDowall
British Actor
My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday.
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Gail Sheehy
American Writer
Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
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Renata Adler
Italian Journalist
Fear... is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday.
Quote examples
John Wayne
American Actor
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
Quote examples
Hanif Kureishi
English Playwright
You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Quote examples
Gnash
American Musician
Today's a beautiful day, and yesterday was a beautiful day, so that means it's a great life.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Quote examples
L. Ron Hubbard
American Author
Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
Quote examples
Pankaj Patel
Indian Businessman
What we do tomorrow is more important than what we did yesterday.
Quote examples
Roddy McDowall
British Actor
My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday.
Quote examples
Gail Sheehy
American Writer
Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
Quote examples
Renata Adler
Italian Journalist
Fear... is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday.
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