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    Yes·ter·year
    /ˈyestərˌyir/

    noun

    • 1. last year or the recent past, especially as nostalgically recalled: literary "return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear"
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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › yesteryearYesteryear Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    last year; time gone by; especially : the recent past… See the full definition

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishYESTERYEAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    noun [ U ] literary uk / ˈjes.tə.jɪə r/ us / ˈjes.tɚ.jɪr / Add to word list. a time in the past: the Hollywood stars of yesteryear. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. In the past. ago. any more idiom. anymore. back in the day idiom. back then idiom. clock. departed. dim. flood. many moons ago idiom. mist. moon. more. no longer idiom.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › yesteryearYesteryear - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Yesteryear is an extremely poetic way to refer to the past. You might nostalgically talk about the town where you used to live as your home of yesteryear. The word yesteryear was actually invented by a poet, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in 1870.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryYESTERYEAR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    noun [ U ] literary us / ˈjes.tɚ.jɪr / uk / ˈjes.tə.jɪə r/ Add to word list. a time in the past: the Hollywood stars of yesteryear. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. In the past. ago. any more idiom. anymore. back in the day idiom. back then idiom. clock. departed. dim. flood. many moons ago idiom. mist. moon. more. no longer idiom.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › yesteryearYESTERYEAR Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Yesteryear definition: last year.. See examples of YESTERYEAR used in a sentence.

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › yesteryear_nyesteryear, n. & adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word yesteryear. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishYESTERYEAR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    You use yesteryear to refer to the past, often a period in the past with a set of values or a way of life that no longer exists.

  9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › yesteryearyesteryear - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 27, 2024 · yesteryear (countable and uncountable, plural yesteryears) Past years; time gone by; yore.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishyesteryear noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    yesteryear. noun. /ˈjestəjɪə (r)/. /ˈjestərjɪr/. [uncountable] (old-fashioned or literary) the past, especially a time when attitudes and ideas were different. Three footballing stars of yesteryear were in the commentary box for the match. Definitions on the go.

  11. www.dictionary.com › browse › yesteryearYESTERYEAR Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

    Or a horse and carriage, like the one driven a young man in a tweed suit and cap from yesteryear, as he gazed up at the stars.

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