Usually means: Time long past; former years.
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  1. yore: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. yore: Merriam-Webster
  3. yore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. yore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. yore: Collins English Dictionary
  6. yore: Vocabulary.com
  7. Yo're, Yore, yo're, yore: Wordnik
  8. yore: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. yore: Wiktionary
  10. yore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. yore: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. yore: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. yore: Dictionary.com
  14. yore: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Yore: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. yore: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. yore: Rhymezone
  18. Yore: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. yore: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. yore: FreeDictionary.org
  21. yore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. yore: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (yore)

▸ noun:  (poetic) A time long past.
▸ adverb:  (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.

Similar:
yesteryear, past, past times, yoretime, yester-year, days of yore, yester-morrow, yeare, yere, yeere, more...

Opposite:
now, present, these days, lately

Types:
bygone, ancient, olden, old-fashioned, more...

Phrases:
of yore, days of yore, The Ways of Yore, before of yore, land user of yore, more...

Adjectives:
new, ful, full, forward, late, eldest, distant, danby, learned, nbw, niw

Colors:
    sepia,     ochre,     umber,     sienna,     rust, more...


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Similar:
yesteryear, past, past times, yoretime, yester-year, days of yore, yester-morrow, yeare, yere, yeere, more...

Opposite:
now, present, these days, lately

Types:
bygone, ancient, olden, old-fashioned, more...

Phrases:
of yore, days of yore, The Ways of Yore, before of yore, land user of yore, your of yore, like days of yore, song from days of yore, overlord of yore, head wreath of yore, village of yore, more...

Adjectives:
new, ful, full, forward, late, eldest, distant, danby, learned, nbw, niw

Colors:
    sepia,     ochre,     umber,     sienna,     rust, more...



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