What is "bygone" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does bygone mean in English? Meaning of bygone definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "bygone" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bygone": past events to be put aside

Noun

  • Meaning: past events to be put aside
  • Example: let bygones be bygones
  • Synonyms: bygone water under the bridge
  • Hypernyms: past past times yesteryear
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈbaɪɡɑn/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbaɪɡɒn/

    Meaning of "bygone": well in the past; former

    Adjective

  • Meaning: well in the past; former
  • Example: bygone days dreams of foregone times sweet memories of gone summers relics of a departed era
  • Synonyms: bygone bypast departed foregone gone
  • Similar: past
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈbaɪɡɑn/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbaɪɡɒn/

  • Adjective: Having been or happened in the far past. 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit 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 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.
  • Synonyms:

    dead, ancient, former, lost, departed, antiquated, archaic, belated, dated, defunct, erstwhile, extinct, forgotten, gone, late, old-fashioned, old-time, one-time, out-of-date, previous, sometime, vanished, water under the bridge, olden, quondam, down memory lane, gone by, in oblivion, of old, of yore, oldfangled, water over the dam,

    Antonyms:

    existing, living, modern, alive, existent, new, recent,

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    bygone in English: bygone
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