bygone
Syllables: by·gone/ˈbaɪɡɒn/US/ˈbaɪɡɔn/
bygone adjective: having been or happened in the distant past.
Adjective
bygone (not comparable)
- Having been or happened in the distant past.
- I had thought (Sir) to haue held my peace, vntill
You had drawne Oathes from him, not to ſtay: you (Sir)
Charge him too coldly. Tell him, you are ſure
All in Bohemias well: this ſatisfaction,
The ''by-gone-day proclaym'd, ſay this to him,
He's beat from his beſt ward.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- Synonyms:
- foregone, historical
- I had thought (Sir) to haue held my peace, vntill
Noun
bygone (plural bygones)
- An event that happened in the past.
- Jennie Fox watched it with thoughtful pleasure, and the rest were chatting and telling of bygones, enjoying a glass of egg-hot; it being a custom for them to partake of this beverage on this particular night.1881, Pearl Hyem, The fisherman's cove; or, Christianity realised, page 54
- An object from the past; a relic, antique, etc.
- And now just as the Victorians collected the minute objects with which to fill these houses, so today grown-ups are paying large sums for these bygones, while the children are given more modern houses to play with.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 200
bygone meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
bygone in Tamil
- பழங்காலத்து ஆள், பழைய காலத்து விசயம், கடந்தகால, பழங்காலத்திய, பண்டைய காலத்திய
bygone in Urdu
- گذشتہ, پچھلا
bygone in Bengali
- bygone, past;
- গত goto
bygone in Malayalam
- former, past, olden
- പൊയ്പ്പോയ, അപഗത, ബഹിർഭൂത, കഴിഞ്ഞ, കഴിഞ്ഞുപോയ, കഴിഞ്ഞകാലത്തെ
More languagesFewer languages
- bygone in Kannada
- ನಡೆದ, ಕಳೆದುಹೋದ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ಕಾಲದ, ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ
Synonyms of bygone
Forms of bygone
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | by-gone |
| Noun | |
| plural | bygones |
Origin of bygone
From by (adverb) + gone. See go by.
Words formed from bygone
Questions about bygone
- What does bygone mean?
- Bygone means having been or happened in the distant past.
- What is bygone in Tamil?
- Bygone in Tamil is பழங்காலத்து ஆள், பழைய காலத்து விசயம், கடந்தகால. See Bygone meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bygone?
- Bygone can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce bygone?
- Bygone is pronounced /ˈbaɪɡɒn/ (UK).
Words near bygone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bygone (page history and authors); bygone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bygone (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গত (Bengali) (page history and authors); bygone (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); bygone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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