Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The year before the present year.
- noun Time past; yore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Last year.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The year last past; last year.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic Last year.
- noun
Past years ;time gone by;yore .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the time that has elapsed
Etymologies
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Examples
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This just goes to show that the McCain of yesteryear is gone, and you Republicans are left with this shell of a man he used to be, thank Bush for that too. cheryl
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In Florida, the St. Petersburg Times reports, A kicky fad of yesteryear is circling back around.
Hooping.org | Blog | Hoola Monsters Spread The Hoola Message 2009
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The resemblance to images and to postcards of yesteryear is both astounding and brilliant.
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Any similarity between today’s “police service” and the County Constabulary of yesteryear is merely for the purpose of public deception.
Hello, is that the police? hello?…. hello?…… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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If this were a movie, we might borrow a title from yesteryear and call it "The Year of Living Dangerously."
Robert Walker: The Era of Living Dangerously Robert Walker 2011
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If this were a movie, we might borrow a title from yesteryear and call it "The Year of Living Dangerously."
Robert Walker: The Era of Living Dangerously Robert Walker 2011
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If this were a movie, we might borrow a title from yesteryear and call it "The Year of Living Dangerously."
Robert Walker: The Era of Living Dangerously Robert Walker 2011
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That way we risk flattening our financial system, squeezing the innovation out of it, trying to return it to the world of yesteryear, which is neither sensible nor economically productive.
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Now, every arrested person is treated the same way that a convicted criminal would have been treated in yesteryear.
Waterloo Sunset « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Also, there are more minor federal crimes than there were in yesteryear.
misterpolly commented on the word yesteryear
Yesterme, yesteryou, yesterday (Stevie Wonder)
où sont les neiges d'antan?
December 18, 2007