yesteryear
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yes·ter·year
(yĕs′tər-yîr′)n.
1. The year before the present year.
2. Time past; yore.
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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| Noun | 1. |  yesteryear - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"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 yesterday - the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays" |
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yesteryear
nounA former period of time or of one's life:
Idioms: bygone days, days gone by, the good old days, the old days.
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