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yesteryear

 
Dictionary: yes·ter·year   (yĕs'tər-yîr') pronunciation
 
n.
  1. The year before the present year.
  2. Time past; yore.
yesteryear yes'ter·year' adv.
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noun

    A former period of time or of one's life: past, yesterday, yore. Idioms: bygone days, days gone by, the good old days, the old days. See time.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the time that has elapsed
  Synonyms: past, past times, yore


 
Translations: Yesteryear
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - i fjor

Nederlands (Dutch)
vroegere tijd, verleden jaar

Français (French)
n. - temps jadis (littér), d'antan
adv. - jadis, d'antan

Deutsch (German)
adv. - voriges Jahr
n. - voriges Jahr, frühere Zeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - πέρυσι
n. - πέρυσι, προηγούμενος χρόνος

Italiano (Italian)
l'anno scorso

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - ano passado
n. - ano passado (m)

Русский (Russian)
прошлый год, былое

Español (Spanish)
n. - antaño
adv. - antaño

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - i fjol, förra året
n. - fjolåret, förra året

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
去年, 过去不久的岁月

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 去年, 過去不久的歲月

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지난해, 근년

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 昨年, 過去
adv. - 昨年は, 過ぎし昔は

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) السنه الماضيه (الاسم) السنه الماضيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אשתקד, העבר הקרוב‬


 
 
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