5 dictionary results for: bygone
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
by·gone
[bahy-gawn, -gon] Pronunciation Key
[bahy-gawn, -gon] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
—Idiom
| 1. | past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days. |
| 2. | Usually, bygones. that which is past: Let's not talk of bygones. |
| 3. | let bygones be bygones, to decide to forget past disagreements; become reconciled: Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends again. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| by·gone
(bī'gôn', -gŏn') Pronunciation Key
adj. Gone by; past: bygone days. n. One, especially a grievance, that is past: Let bygones be bygones. |
(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| bygone | |
adjective | |
| 1. | well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" |
noun | |
| 1. | past events to be put aside; "let bygones be bygones" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Bygone
By"gone`\ (b[imac]"g[o^]n`; 115), a. Past; gone by. "Bygone fooleries." --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Bygone
By"gone`\, n. Something gone by or past; a past event. "Let old bygones be" --Tennyson. Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.











