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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

    : time gone by. especially : the recent past. yesteryear adverb. Did you know? Word History of Yesteryear. Mais où sont les neiges d’antan is the refrain of a famous poem by François Villon, translated as “But where are the snows of yesteryear?” The line is understood to express a melancholy nostalgia.

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

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

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

    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.

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

    /ˈjɛstərˌjɪ (ə)r/ YESS-tuhr-yeer. See pronunciation. Where does the word yesteryear come from? Earliest known use. 1840s. yesteryear is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yester- comb. form, year n. See etymology. Nearby entries. yesterday's man, n. 1966–. yesterday's news, n. 1940–. yester-eve, adv. 1565–.

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

    How to use . yesteryear in a sentenceBut the question is, could a thawing of relations result in a return to the mobbed-up action of yesteryear?

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

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