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Definition: YESTER |
YESTERAdjective1. Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday. |
Date "YESTER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Note: Yester \Yes"ter\, adjective. [See Yesterday.]. (references) |
Crosswords: YESTER |
| English words defined with "YESTER": Hesternal. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "YESTER": Yestern. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "YESTER" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "YESTER" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 62.5% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 37.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "YESTER": yester-day, yester-even, yester-evening, yester-morn, Yester-morning, yester-night, yester-year. | |
Containing "YESTER": the snows of yester-year. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
yester | 3 |
jim yester | 2 |
hit yester | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "YESTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مربوطبه دیروز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hier soir (yester-evening, yesternight), années passées (yesteryear, yester-year). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yesteray seara de ieri (yester-even), odinioarã (aforetime, before, erstwhile, formerly, in bygone days, in former times, in times past, once, yester-year), noaptea trecutã (yester-night), ieri searã (yester-night), ieri dimineaţã (yester-morn), dimineaţa de ieri (yester-morn), azi noapte (last night, yester-night), asearã (last night, yesterday evening, yester-even, yester-night), anul trecut (yester-year), altãdatã (before, formerly, long ago, next, once, yester-year, yore). (various references) вчерашний вечер (yester-evening), вчера вечером (last night, yestereve, yester-evening, yesternight). (various references) sinoć (last night, yester-evening). (various references) geçen (former, hereinabove, in excess of, last, late, other, passing, transitive), dünkü (yesterday's). (various references) учорашній вечір (yester-evening, yesternight), учора увечері (yester-evening, yesternight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 7, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh anelein me su qeleiV on tropon aneileV cqeV ton aiguption |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Numquid interficere me tu vis quemadmodum interfecisti heri Aegyptium |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whethir thou wolt sle me, as yistirdai thou killidist the Egipcian? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | What wilt thou kyll me as thou dyddest the Egyptian yester daye? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 7, Verse 28 |
| Albanian | Don të më vrasësh mua, ashtu si vrare dje Egjiptasin?". |
| Cebuano | Buot mo ba akong patyon maingon sa imong pagpatay sa Egiptohanon kagahapon?` |
| Chinese | 難 " 要 殺 我 、 像 昨 天 殺 那 埃 及 人 麼 。 』 |
| Croatian | Kaniš li ubiti i mene kao što si juèer ubio onog Egipæanina? |
| Danish | Vil du slå mig ihjel, ligesom du i Går slog Ægypteren ihjel?" |
| Dutch | Wilt gij mij ook ombrengen, gelijkerwijs gij gisteren den Egyptenaar omgebracht hebt? |
| Finnish | Aiotko tappaa minutkin, niinkuin eilen tapoit egyptiläisen?` |
| French | Veux-tu me tuer, comme tu as tué hier l`Égyptien? |
| German | Willst du mich auch töten, wie du gestern den Ägypter getötet hast? |
| Haitian Creole | Gen lè ou vle touye m' menm jan ou te touye moun peyi Lejip ayè a? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Apa kau mau membunuh saya juga seperti kau membunuh orang Mesir itu kemarin?' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Engkau ini hendak membunuh aku seperti engkau membunuh orang Mesir itu kelamarinkah? |
| Italian | Vuoi forse uccidermi, come hai ucciso ieri l'Egiziano? |
| Latvian | Vai tu gribi nonâvçt tâpat, kâ tu vakar nonâvçji çìiptieti? |
| Maori | E mea ana koe ki te whakamate i ahau, me koe i whakamate ra i te Ihipiana inanahi? |
| Norwegian | Vil du kanskje slå mig ihjel, som du igår slo ihjel egypteren? |
| Portuguese | Acaso queres tu matar-me como ontem mataste o egípcio? |
| Rumanian | Vrei sq mq omori wi pe mine cum ai omorkt ieri pe Egiptean?` |
| Russian | оЕ ИПЮЕЫШ МЙ ФЩ Х'ЙФШ Й НЕОС, ЛБЛ ЧЮЕТБ Х'ЙМ еЗЙ ФСОЙОБ? |
| Shuar | ¿Winiasha Maantuátaj tusam wakeramek, yau Ejiptunmaya aishman Máamamna Nútiksamkea?" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | ¿Acaso quieres tú matarme como mataste ayer al egipcio? |
| Swahili | Je, unataka kuniua kama ulivyomuua yule Mmisri jana?` |
| Swedish | Kanske du vill döda mig, såsom du i går dödade egyptiern?' |
| Uma | Ba doko' mpopatehi aku' wo'o-moko, hewa kampopatehi-nu to Mesir wengi-e?' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "YESTER": yesterday, yesterdays, yestern, yesternight, yesternights, yesteryear, yesteryears. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "YESTER": polyester. (additional references) | |
Words containing "YESTER": polyesterification, polyesterifications, polyesters. (additional references) | |
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"YESTER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eysner, myester, Yaser, yater, yesta, yesters, yestler, yette, yifter, yoster, Yuste. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "YESTER" (pronounced 'Yes"ter'): Abutter, Acater, Acquitter, Adelaster, Admitter, Adulter, Aflutter, Aglitter, Alabaster, Allotter, Amylobacter, Antitrochanter, Apporter, Atter, Auntter, Auster, Balter, Baxter, Beflatter, Begetter, Bemaster, Beplaster, Bescatter, Besetter, Bespatter, Bewinter, Blatter, Blotter, Boroughmaster, Boulter, Bunter, Buster, Canaster, Cauter, Cheirepter, Chitter, Chowter, Cinter, Circumcenter, Climacter, Clotter, Clyster, Coleopter, Colter, Committer, Complotter, Concertmeister, Coniroster, Coster, Crater. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: ester, eyers, eyres, reest, reset, steer, stere, terse, trees, treys, tyees, tyers, tyres. | |
-2 letters: eery, erst, eyer, eyes, eyre, rees, rest, rete, rets, ryes, seer, sere, stey, stye, tees, tree, trey, tyee, tyer, tyes, tyre. | |
-3 letters: ere, ers, eye, ree, res, ret, rye, see, ser, set, sty, tee, try, tye, yes, yet. | |
-4 letters: er. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: greyest, keyster, restyle, retypes, styrene, tersely, tuyeres, yestern. | |
+2 letters: bystreet, easterly, esterify, estrayed, keysters, oystered, oysterer, peytrels, pretypes, restyled, restyles, secretly, serenity, serotype, severity, smeltery, stemmery, storeyed, styrenes, westerly, yeastier, yestreen, yperites. | |
+3 letters: apteryxes, austerely, betrayers, bystreets, cerotypes, curtseyed, destroyed, destroyer, dysentery, earnestly, erythemas, eyestrain, eyewaters, freestyle, geyserite, keynoters, keystroke, lysimeter, mesentery, mysteries, oysterers, oystermen, pederasty, peristyle, polyester, presbyter, presently, proselyte, restively, rhymester, roseately, roystered, secretary, secretory, sedentary, sergeanty, seriately, serjeanty, serotypes, severalty, steelyard, sterilely, terabytes, tigereyes, vestrymen, yawmeters, yesterday, yestreens. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Bible Trace | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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