What does yesteryear mean?

Question

What does yesteryear mean?

Answer 1

I always thought that yesteryear meant in years gone by, and I'm astonished to find the dictionary definition: Last year; the recent past.

Answer 2

I dont know Im guessing yesteryear means the year before

Answer 3

I think it means last year. yesterday means the day before, so yesteryear must mean the year before.

Answer 4

years past.

Answer 5

Last year I believe.

Answer 6

Only people over 40 can remember it.

Answer 7

Last year

Answer 8

Ask Stevie Wonder

Answer 9

It means years gone by in the past

. People always seem to look back with nostalgia to what they perceive as better times.

Like people say 'we always had better summers when I was a child'.

People only tend to remember the best bits.

Answer 10

1. the past: the not very recent past

2. last year: the year before this one

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/d...

1. last year.

2. the recent years; time not long past.

http://dictionary.infoplease.com/yestery...

1. last year.

2. the recent years; time not long past.

–adverb

3. during time not long past.

[Origin: yester- + year; appar. introduced by D.G. Rossetti (1870) to render MF antan (Villon)]

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