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yesterweek

[ yes-ter-week ]

noun

  1. last week.


adverb

  1. during last week.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of yesterweek1

First recorded in 1830鈥40; yester- + week
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Example Sentences

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Rather it鈥檚 an aggregator of the sounds it has helped spawn, which are plenty, and often great, even if they are yesterweek鈥檚.

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October goes, and its colors all pass: At dawn there's a silver film on the grass, And the reeds are shining as pipes of glass, But yesterweek where the cloud waves rolled Down a wind-swept sky that was grey, and cold, Sailed the hunter's moon,鈥攁 galleon of gold!

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October goes, and its colors pass: At dawn there's a silver film on the grass, And the reeds are shining as pipes of glass, But yesterweek where the cloud waves rolled Down a wind-swept sky that was grey, and cold, Sailed the hunter's moon,鈥攁 galleon of gold!

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From the convent on the sea, One mile off, or scarce so nigh, Swells the dirge as clear and high As if that, over brake and lea, Bodily the wind did carry The great altar of Saint Mary, And the fifty tapers burning o'er it, And the lady Abbess dead before it, And the chanting nuns whom yesterweek Her voice did charge and bless,鈥 Chanting steady, chanting meek, Chanting with a solemn breath, Because that they are thinking less Upon the dead than upon death.

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He be's lait up mit ter rummatiz sence yesterweek, und I trives for him.

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More About Yesterweek

What does听yesterweek mean?

Yesterweek means last week鈥攖he week before the current one.

It indicates the same thing as yesterday, but for a week instead of a day. Unlike yesterday, though, yesterweek is rarely used. We usually just use the term last week.听

The word week most generally refers to any period of seven consecutive days, but in yesterweek it refers to the seven-day period that begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. This means that it typically refers to the time in the previous calendar week, not just any time in the previous seven days. Still, it鈥檚 rarely used at all.

Example: This all happened yesterweek, but it seems like it was a month ago.

Where does听yesterweek come from?

The first records of the word yesterweek come from around the 1830s. The yester- in yesterweek and yesterday indicates a time before the present. It鈥檚 also used in the equally rare terms yesternight, yesterevening, yestereve, yestermorning, and yesternoon.

It鈥檚 also used in the term yesteryear, which is not common but not nearly as rare as yesterweek and other terms. Yesteryear can mean 鈥渓ast year,鈥 but it perhaps most commonly refers to the past in general, often the somewhat recent past.

Yesterweek may seem useful since it鈥檚 a single word, but it鈥檚 actually more syllables than saying last week, so it鈥檚 unlikely to catch on, even after you tell all your friends about it (but still do that). The week equivalent of tomorrow is next week (or the coming week). To refer to the current week, we say this week.

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What are some synonyms for yesterweek?

  • last week

What are some words that share a root or word element with yesterweek?听

What are some words that often get used in discussing yesterweek?

How is听yesterweek used in real life?

Yesterweek is very rarely used. We say last week to mean the same thing.

Try using听yesterweek!

True or False?听

Yesterweek is not a word.

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