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yesteryear

[ yes-ter-yeer, -yeer ]

noun

  1. last year.
  2. the recent years; time not long past.


adverb

  1. during time not long past.

yesteryear

/ ˈɛəˌɪə /

noun

  1. last year or the past in general
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. during last year or the past in general
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of yesteryear1

yester- + year; apparently introduced by D.G. Rossetti (1870) to render Middle French antan (Villon)
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Example Sentences

Its title, which harkens back to network sitcoms of yesteryear and wholesome themes of a family growing and learning together, feel straight out of a Norman Lear production.

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It all lives on YouTube, this grainy footage of the NFL’s yesteryear, and two opponents who repeatedly faced each other in the playoffs were the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings.

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Something’s Fishy — the sushi place of yesteryear where my brother worked as a busboy and where sake warmed the soul after a day in the cold Pacific.

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In Tiger Woods fashion of yesteryear, no-one came close to challenging his position as top dog all year long.

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The cowardice of the press to compare Trump to fascist leaders of yesteryear has helped to normalize his words and deeds.

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