yesteryear
yes·ter·year
yesteryear · yesteryears
минуле, минулий час
прошлое, былое, прошедшее время
Vergangenheit, Präteritum
Past years; time gone by; yorePast years; time gone by; yore.
UK/ˈjɛstəjɪə/US/ˈjɛstəɹˌjɪ(ə)ɹ/
» He chanted the tunes of yesteryear.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, poetic, uncountable)Past years; time gone by; yore.
einst
мину́вшинаmynúvšyna, мину́леmynúle
(countable, rare, uncountable)Last year.
Vorjahr
в прошлом годуv prošlom godu
торі́кtorík, мину́лого ро́куmynúloho róku
More definitions
- the time that has elapsed
Examples
8 sentencesHe chanted the tunes of yesteryear.
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
People often romanticize the traditions of yesteryear.
ruЛюди часто романтизируют традиции прошлого.
He's thinking of the snows of yesteryear.
We'll comfort ourselves with the songs of yesteryears.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 2
times gone by:
last year — see also last year:
Русский
By meaning 1
last year — see also last year:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
times gone by:
last year — see also last year:
Origin
From yester- + year.From yester- + year.
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Forms
plural: yesteryearsSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable