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BYGONE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Past events to be put aside

Example:

let bygones be bygones

Synonyms:

bygone; water under the bridge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("bygone" is a kind of...):

past; past times; yesteryear (the time that has elapsed)

Derivation:

bygone (well in the past; former)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Well in the past; former

Example:

relics of a departed era

Synonyms:

bygone; bypast; departed; foregone; gone

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)

Derivation:

bygone (past events to be put aside)

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