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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | between, during |
| Synonyms: | about, by, clear, for the period, from beginning to end, in, in and out, in the middle, into, past, round, straight, throughout, within |
| Notes: | through is used in reference to a movement or passage that proceeds linearly; throughout to a movement or passage that proceeds spatially through is quite common, while thru is nonstandard and should be avoided |
| Antonyms: | around |
| Main Entry: | yesteryear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time elapsed |
| Synonyms: | eld, past |
| Main Entry: | without |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | outside |
| Synonyms: | after, beyond, externally, left out, on the outside, out, out-of-doors, outdoors, outwardly, past |
| Antonyms: | inside |
| Main Entry: | yesterday |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the day before today |
| Synonyms: | bygone, foretime, lang syne, last day, not long ago, past, recently, the other day |
| Antonyms: | tomorrow |
| Main Entry: | good old days |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | times of old considered better than present |
| Synonyms: | days of old, good old times, horse and buggy days, olden days, olden times, past, times of yore, yesterday, yesteryear |
| Main Entry: | old school |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earliest way of doing things |
| Synonyms: | backward-looking, conforming, conservative, earlier generation, leftovers, old line, old-fashioned, past, traditional, unprogressive |
| Main Entry: | water under the bridge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | things forgotten about |
| Synonyms: | bygones, days gone by, past, times past, yesterday |
| Main Entry: | onetime |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prior |
| Synonyms: | erstwhile, former, past, previous |
| Notes: | one-time means 'one time'; onetime means 'former' |
| Main Entry: | quondam |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | former |
| Synonyms: | bygone, erstwhile, onetime, past, preceding, sometime |
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