yesteryear

yes·ter·year

 (yĕs′tər-yîr′)

n.

1. The year before the present year.

2. Time past; yore.

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yes′ter·year′ adv.

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yesteryear

(ˈjɛstəˌjɪə)

n

last year or the past in general

adv

during last year or the past in general

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yes•ter•year

(ˈyɛs tərˈyɪər, -ˌyɪər)

n.

1. last year.

2. the recent years; time not long past.

adv.

3. during the recent past.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

yesteryear - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" past, past times time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past yore - time long past bygone, water under the bridge - past events to be put aside; "let bygones be bygones" old - past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') history - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history" time immemorial, time out of mind - the distant past beyond memory auld langsyne, good old days, langsyne, old times - past times remembered with nostalgia yesterday - the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"

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yesteryear

noun

A former period of time or of one's life:

past, yesterday, yore.

Idioms: bygone days, days gone by, the good old days, the old days.

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Translations

antaño

jadis

l'anno scorso

yesteryear

[ˈjestəˈjɪəʳ] ADV (poet) → antaño

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yesteryear

n (poet) of yesteryear → vergangener Jahre (gen)

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yesteryear

[ˈjɛstəˌjɪəʳ] n (old) (liter) → il tempo andato

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