Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, poetic, uncountable)Past years; time gone by; yore.

    einst

    мину́вшинаmynúvšyna, мину́леmynúle

  2. (countable, rare, uncountable)Last year.

    Vorjahr

    в прошлом годуv prošlom godu

    торі́кtorík, мину́лого ро́куmynúloho róku

More definitions
  • the time that has elapsed

Examples

8 sentences
  1. He chanted the tunes of yesteryear.

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  2. But where are the snows of yesteryear?

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  3. People often romanticize the traditions of yesteryear.

    ruЛюди часто романтизируют традиции прошлого.

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  4. He's thinking of the snows of yesteryear.

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  5. We'll comfort ourselves with the songs of yesteryears.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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: yesteryears

Synonyms

4 synonyms
time gone by:foretime
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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