Usually means: Time gone by; the past.
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  1. yesteryear: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  4. yesteryear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. yesteryear: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  10. yesteryear: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  15. Yesteryear (documentary series), Yesteryear (quartet), Yesteryear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  17. yesteryear: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  23. yesteryear: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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Definitions from Wiktionary (yesteryear)

▸ noun:  (poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.
▸ noun:  (rare) Last year.
▸ adverb:  (poetic) In past years.

Similar:
yore, past, past times, yester-year, yoretime, days of yore, yestern, yestereve, yester, yeare, more...

Opposite:
yesterday

Types:
old-fashioned, outdated, antiquated, obsolete, anachronistic, more...

Phrases:
of yesteryear, briton of yesteryear, cherry cola from yesteryear, more...

Adjectives:
golden, colonial, animated, kept, many, beautiful, only

Colors:
    sepia,     antique white,     faded rose,     vintage teal,     mustard yellow, more...


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Similar:
yore, past, past times, yester-year, yoretime, days of yore, yestern, yestereve, yester, yeare, more...

Opposite:
yesterday

Types:
old-fashioned, outdated, antiquated, obsolete, anachronistic, more...

Phrases:
of yesteryear, briton of yesteryear, cherry cola from yesteryear, more...

Adjectives:
golden, colonial, animated, kept, many, beautiful, only

Colors:
    sepia,     antique white,     faded rose,     vintage teal,     mustard yellow, more...



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