bygone
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- adjective
- /ˈbaɪˌɡɔn/
- A dagger from a bygone age has been found.
- bygone era
- bygone age
- bygone days
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Watch on YouTubeSmart Ploy tug at our heartstrings by making us nostalgic for the bygone pastime of traveling anywhere.
- Smart Ploy tug at our heartstrings by making us nostalgic for the bygone pastime of traveling anywhere.
- It's also a reflection of this, of that this bygone era.
- And instead there were there was some folk art from the countryside showing bygone beliefs.
- So you're not like getting home and building anticipation for the next time that you are going to see someone in the same time that in a bygone era you would have done.
- I imagine this has been considered, but it seems like, you know, more broadly, you know, it's still remains in a bygone era.
Examples
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Evocative and poignant pictures of a bygone era: the faces were gaunt and haunting.
Blog text (34) -
The town speaks softly of a bygone era when it was the populous capital of a 12th-century dynasty.
Academic text (2004) -
Then pin it on for bygone days.
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And wars were only memories of long bygone times.
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Well, they thought that it was some creature left over from a bygone age.
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But let's in the words of the paper boys from bygone era, let's read all about it.
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She lives there alone with the ghosts of bygone days.
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To see them gather around the player piano and sing songs of bygone years was a priceless experience.
Academic text (1997) -
For mainland Chinese audiences nostalgic for a bygone era, Teng's revival songs tapped into those feelings.
Academic text (2016) -
The photos from our trip show many bygone traditions that are no longer practiced today.
Synonyms
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From a time long ago when life was different
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8.4
From an earlier time and not happening now
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4.8
From a time very long ago
From a time long ago
From earlier times and no longer used to talk about people or things
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Etymology
Bygone is really just by + gone, like the short phrase 'gone by'. So, it describes something 'from the past' or belonging to an earlier time.