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yore

UK/jɔː//joɹ/

yore noun: a time long past.

Noun

yore (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) A time long past.
    • This word comes from the days of yore.
    • It appeared strange to me that the “little dipper” should be still diving quietly in the river, as of yore; and it suggested that this bird might continue to dive here when Concord should be no more.1860, Henry David Thoreau, The Last Days of John Brown
    Synonyms:
    foretime, yestertide

Adverb

yore (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
    • Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, / Yet I to them for iudgement iust do fly1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26
    Synonyms:
    long since, of old

yore meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

yore in Tamil

பழங்காலம், பண்டைக் காலம், இறந்தகாலம்

yore in Urdu

درگذشتہ, ماضی, زمانہ قدیم, زمانہ سابق

yore in Malayalam

yore, long-ago
പണ്ട് paṇṭŭ

yore in Kannada

ಪೂರ್ವ, ಹಿಂದಿನಕಾಲ, ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲ, ಪ್ರಾಚೀನಕಾಲ

Examples of yore in a sentence

  • My grandmother Rosemary never cared much for antique shops, she preferred modern goods as opposed to the things of yore.
  • Why, I won' be keepin' you from doin' what yore pa done said.
  • Now ye and yore boys jest haul yore ashes and start makin' tracks back to the Yellowstone.

All 24 example sentences with yore

Synonyms of yore

Origin of yore

From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year.

Phrases with yore

Words that rhyme with yore

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Questions about yore

What does yore mean?
Yore means a time long past.
What is yore in Tamil?
Yore in Tamil is பழங்காலம், பண்டைக் காலம், இறந்தகாலம். See Yore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is yore?
Yore can be a noun or an adverb.
How do you pronounce yore?
Yore is pronounced /jɔː/ (UK).

Words near yore in the dictionary

  1. yor
  2. Yorba Linda
  3. yordim
  4. Yordy
  5. Yordys
  6. yore
  7. yored
  8. yores
  9. yoretime
  10. yorga
  11. yorgah

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: yore (page history and authors); yore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yore (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പണ്ട് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); yore (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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