Bygone — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

past events to be put aside

well in the past; former

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæskən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɔːtˈɛʃəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɔːtˈɛʃəs/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæskən/.

Examples

let bygones be bygones
bygone days
dreams of foregone times

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

foregone bypast water under the bridge gone departed

Parts of Speech

noun	past events to be put aside “let bygones be bygones”
adjective	well in the past; former “bygone days”

Word Forms

bygone	adjective	well in the past; former
bygone	noun	past events to be put aside

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vergangen

vergangene Ereignisse beiseite zu schieben

🇫🇷French

passé

les événements passés doivent être mis de côté

🇪🇸Spanish

pasado

eventos pasados para dejar de lado

🇮🇹Italian

passato

eventi passati da mettere da parte

🇳🇱Dutch

vervlogen

gebeurtenissen uit het verleden terzijde te schuiven

🇵🇹Portuguese

passado

acontecimentos passados devem ser deixados de lado

🇷🇺Russian

прошлое

прошлые события следует отложить в сторону

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पुराना

पिछली घटनाओं को किनारे रख दिया जाए

🇧🇩Bengali

বিগত

অতীত ঘটনা একপাশে রাখা

🇮🇳Tamil

கடந்துவிட்டது

கடந்த கால நிகழ்வுகளை ஒதுக்கி வைக்க வேண்டும்

🇮🇳Telugu

గతించిపోయింది

గత సంఘటనలు పక్కన పెట్టాలి

🇮🇳Marathi

गेले

भूतकाळातील घटना बाजूला ठेवल्या पाहिजेत

🇮🇳Gujarati

વીતી ગયું

ભૂતકાળની ઘટનાઓને બાજુએ મુકવી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂದೆ ಹೋಗಿದೆ

ಹಿಂದಿನ ಘಟನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬದಿಗಿಡಬೇಕು

🇮🇳Malayalam

പോയത്

മുൻകാല സംഭവങ്ങൾ മാറ്റിവയ്ക്കണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੀਤ ਗਿਆ

ਪਿਛਲੀਆਂ ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਸੇ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਜਾਵੇ

🇵🇰Urdu

گزر گیا

ماضی کے واقعات کو ایک طرف رکھا جائے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

过去的

过去的事件要搁置

🇯🇵Japanese

過ぎ去った

過去の出来事は脇に置くべき

🇰🇷Korean

지나간

과거의 사건은 제쳐두고

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đã qua rồi

những chuyện đã qua phải gác lại

🇹🇭Thai

ไปแล้ว

เหตุการณ์ในอดีตก็ควรละทิ้งไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

dahulu

peristiwa masa lalu yang harus dikesampingkan

🇵🇭Filipino

nakalipas na

ang mga nakaraang pangyayari ay isasantabi

🇲🇾Malay

telah berlalu

peristiwa lampau untuk diketepikan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مضى

الأحداث الماضية يجب أن توضع جانبا

🇮🇷Persian

گذشته

وقایع گذشته کنار گذاشته شود

🇹🇷Turkish

geçmiş

bir kenara bırakılması gereken geçmiş olaylar

🇮🇱Hebrew

בעבר

יש לשים בצד את אירועי העבר

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The primary meaning of 'bygone' is 'past events to be put aside'.

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