yesteryear

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈjɛstəˌjɪə/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈjɛstərˈjɪr, -ˌjɪr/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yes′tər yēr′, -yēr′)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
yes•ter•year /ˈyɛstərˈyɪr, -ˌyɪr/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. the recent years;
    time not long past.

adv. 
  1. during the recent past.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
yes•ter•year  (yes′tər yēr′, -yēr′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. last year.
  2. the recent years;
    time not long past.

adv. 
  1. during time not long past.
  • apparently introduced by Dutch.German. Rossetti (1870) to render Middle French antan (Villon) yester- + year

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
yesteryear / ˈjɛstəˌjɪə/
  1. last year or the past in general
  1. during last year or the past in general
'yesteryear' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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