bygone

«bygone» in Mova's school dictionary: From a time long ago; past: a bygone age, bygone days — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (bygone); noun (bygones, plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) From a time long ago; past: a bygone age, bygone days. tree →

2) (noun, plural) Things from the past. tree →

3) In «let bygones be bygones»: to forget old arguments and be friends again. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and stories, «a bygone era» means olden times, like Victorian days. In everyday family life, «let bygones be bygones» is said after a quarrel.

examples

• The museum shows life in a bygone age. tree →
• Steam trains remind Grandad of bygone days. tree →
• Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends. tree →
• The village still has the charm of a bygone era. tree →
• They talked about bygones all evening. tree →
• They held each other by the hand exactly as the great-grandfather and the great-grandmother had done outside, and, like them, they talked about bygone days and of their golden wedding. tree →

note

«Let bygones be bygones» is a set phrase. One word.

In the corpora

• Badger is kinder then: let bygones be bygones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bygone» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.