word-vault/dist/data/cards/ye/yesterday.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "yesterday",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "on the day before today",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A company spokeswoman said yesterday that no final decision had been made yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**yesterday morning/afternoon/evening**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company yesterday announced a $40 million deal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To think I was lying on a beach only **the day before yesterday**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can remember our wedding as if it were yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They arrived yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where were you yesterday morning?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Figures released yesterday show 4,944 people were awaiting surgery."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are not stupid enough to believe what somebody is telling you",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Oh yeah? I wasn't born yesterday, you know."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjestədeɪ//ˈjestədi/",
                "audio": "ye/yesterday/yesterday__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjestərdeɪ//ˈjestərdi/",
                "audio": "ye/yesterday/yesterday__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English giestran dæg (from yester- Old English geostran, of Germanic origin + day)."
}