yesteryear

Thân thiện

People often reminisce about the fashions of yesteryear.

Definition

Noun: * The time that has elapsed; the past; former times. "Yesteryear" refers to a period of time that has already happened, often with a sense of nostalgia or a focus on days gone by. It is a somewhat literary or poetic term.

Usage

"Yesteryear" is used to talk about the past in a general, often sentimental way. It is a singular, uncountable noun. * It is commonly preceded by prepositions like of, from, or in. * It can be used as the object of a verb (e.g., remember, recall, evoke). * It often contrasts with the present.

Examples

• The museum's exhibits are relics from yesteryear.
• She often reminisces about the simple pleasures of yesteryear.
• The town still retains much of the charm of yesteryear.
• His fashion style seems like a throwback to yesteryear.

Advanced Usage

• "A thing of yesteryear": This phrase describes something that is outdated, no longer in use, or belongs firmly to the past.
  • The manual typewriter is now a thing of yesteryear.

Variants and Related Words

• Yester- (prefix): A combining form meaning "yesterday" or "the recent past," as in , (last evening), or the more common .

Synonyms

• The past
• Former times
• Days gone by
• Bygone days
• Olden days
• Yesterday (when used figuratively)

Antonyms

• Today
• The present
• Nowadays
• The future

Idioms and Phrases

• A ghost from yesteryear: Something (a memory, person, or object) that unexpectedly reappears from the distant past.
  • Running into my old teacher was like seeing a ghost from yesteryear.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the time that has elapsed
   • forget the past

Từ đồng nghĩa

• past
• past times