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yestertime

yestertime noun: time previous to the present; the past.

Noun

yestertime (plural yestertimes)

  1. Time previous to the present; the past.
    Synonyms:
    foretime

Adverb

yestertime (not comparable)

  1. In times past, at a prior time; in the past.
    • And at last I came back to me, after sailing on surgeful waves; at this moment, between the Present and the Future, the Past and the Present, — forgetting what the world was, yestertime,—forgetting what I was, yestertime.1920, Yoné Noguchi, Seen & unseen, or, Monologues of a homeless snail
    Synonyms:
    beforehand

Synonyms of yestertime

Forms of yestertime

pluralyestertimes

Origin of yestertime

From yester- + time.

Questions about yestertime

What does yestertime mean?
Yestertime means time previous to the present; the past.
What part of speech is yestertime?
Yestertime can be a noun or an adverb.
What is the plural of yestertime?
The plural of yestertime is yestertimes.

Words near yestertime in the dictionary

  1. yesterseason
  2. yestersol
  3. yestersols
  4. yestertech
  5. yestertide
  6. yestertime
  7. yestertimes
  8. yesterweek
  9. yesteryear
  10. yesteryears
  11. yestiddy

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