Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable, poetic)In past years.

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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Origin

From yester- + year.

From yester- + year.

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Word family

2 related words
RelatedyesterdayA1bygone

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yesA1yesterdayA1yetA1
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