See bygone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "andato"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in the far past",
"word": "praeteritus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "damnešen",
"sense": "in the far past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дамнешен"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "próšlyj",
"sense": "in the far past",
"word": "про́шлый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dávnij",
"sense": "in the far past",
"word": "да́вний"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "in the far past",
"word": "lang syne"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in the far past",
"word": "svunnen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in the far past",
"word": "förgången"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "in the far past",
"word": "atit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dávnij",
"sense": "in the far past",
"word": "да́вній"
}
],
"word": "bygone"
}
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{
"word": "let bygones be bygones"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "by",
"3": "gone",
"pos1": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "by (adverb) + gone",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From by (adverb) + gone.",
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{
"form": "bygones",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bygone (plural bygones)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"by‧gone"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1881, Pearl Hyem, The fisherman's cove; or, Christianity realised, page 54:",
"text": "Jennie Fox watched it with thoughtful pleasure, and the rest were chatting and telling of bygones, enjoying a glass of egg-hot; it being a custom for them to partake of this beverage on this particular night.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"An event that happened in the past."
],
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"(usually in the plural) An event that happened in the past."
],
"tags": [
"plural-normally"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 200:",
"text": "And now just as the Victorians collected the minute objects with which to fill these houses, so today grown-ups are paying large sums for these bygones, while the children are given more modern houses to play with.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An object from the past; a relic, antique, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"relic",
"relic"
],
[
"antique",
"antique"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually in the plural) An object from the past; a relic, antique, etc."
],
"tags": [
"plural-normally"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbaɪɡɒn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ɡɔːn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"dated"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbaɪɡɔn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ɡɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "bigon (depending on the dialect)"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "by-gone"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "A person or occurrence that took place in the past",
"word": "het verleden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "A person or occurrence that took place in the past",
"word": "de dingen die voorbij zijn"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A person or occurrence that took place in the past",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "évènement passé"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "próšloje",
"sense": "A person or occurrence that took place in the past",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"past"
],
"word": "про́шлое"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bylóje",
"sense": "A person or occurrence that took place in the past",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "было́е"
}
],
"word": "bygone"
}
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