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# bygone

adjective (bygone); noun (bygones, plural)

«bygone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (adjective) From a time long ago; past: a bygone age, bygone days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#m1)
2. (noun, plural) Things from the past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#m2)
3. In «let bygones be bygones»: to forget old arguments and be friends again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#x1)
- Steam trains remind Grandad of bygone days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#x2)
- Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#x3)
- The village still has the charm of a bygone era. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#x4)
- They talked about bygones all evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#x5)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bygone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bygone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bygone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bygone.html) on Mova free.