bygone
11bygone — by|gone [ baı,gɔn ] adjective only before noun happening or existing during a period of time in the past: bygone age/era/days/times: These pictures belong to a bygone age …
12bygone — adjective bygone age/era/days etc an expression meaning a period of time in the past: The buildings reflect the elegance of a bygone era …
13bygone — UK [ˈbaɪɡɒn] / US [ˈbaɪˌɡɔn] adjective [only before noun] happening or existing during a period of time in the past bygone age/era/days/times: These photos belong to a bygone age …
14bygone — /buy gawn , gon /, adj. 1. past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days. n. 2. Usually, bygones. that which is past: Let s not talk of bygones. 3. let bygones be bygones, to decide to forget past… …
15bygone — 1. adjective /ˈbaɪɡɒn,ˈbɑjgɑn/ Having been or happened in the far past. 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. 2. noun… …
16bygone — adj. Bygone is used with these nouns: ↑age, ↑era …
17bygone — adjective it recaptures a bygone era Syn: past, former, olden, earlier, previous, one time, long ago, of old, ancient, antiquated; departed, dead, extinct, defunct, out of date, outmoded; literary of yore Ant …
18bygone — by•gone [[t]ˈbaɪˌgɔn, ˌgɒn[/t]] adj. 1) earlier; former; past: bygone days[/ex] 2) Usu., bygones. previous times or experiences • let bygones be bygones Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME (north) by gane; see gone, by I …
19bygone — /ˈbaɪgɒn / (say buygon) adjective 1. past; gone by; out of date: bygone days. –noun 2. that which is past. –phrase 3. let bygones be bygones, to agree to forget past disputes …
20bygone — adj. & n. adj. past, antiquated (bygone years). n. (in pl.) past offences (let bygones be bygones) …
