"yore" meaning in English

See yore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /jɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /jɔɹ/ [General-American], /jo(ː)ɹ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /joə/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-your.ogg
enPR: yô [Received-Pronunciation], yôr [General-American], yōr (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (literally “of years”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂, the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yore}} Middle English yore, {{inh|en|ang|ġeāra|lit=of years}} Old English ġeāra (literally “of years”), {{unk|en|title=unclear}} unclear, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jērǫ̂}} Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂, {{der|en|gem-pro|*jērą|t=year}} Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} yore (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) In time long past; long ago. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Past Synonyms: long since, of old, long ago
    Sense id: en-yore-en-adv-tgYq9bhx Disambiguation of Past: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Ladino translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 97 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 73 2 1 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 4 0 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 3 0 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladino translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 98 2

Noun

IPA: /jɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /jɔɹ/ [General-American], /jo(ː)ɹ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /joə/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-your.ogg
enPR: yô [Received-Pronunciation], yôr [General-American], yōr (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (literally “of years”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂, the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yore}} Middle English yore, {{inh|en|ang|ġeāra|lit=of years}} Old English ġeāra (literally “of years”), {{unk|en|title=unclear}} unclear, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jērǫ̂}} Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂, {{der|en|gem-pro|*jērą|t=year}} Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} yore (uncountable)
  1. (poetic) A time long past. Tags: poetic, uncountable Categories (topical): Past Synonyms: foretime, yestertide, the past Translations (time long past): 昔日 (xīrì) (Chinese Mandarin), ver verleden (Dutch), weleer (Dutch), eertijds (Dutch), ammune (Estonian), jadis (French), antan [masculine] (French), lange zurückliegend (note: of yore) (German), eine lang zurückliegende Zeit (english: the days of yore) [feminine] (German), aus uralten Zeiten (note: from the days of yore) [feminine, plural] (German), קֶדֶם (qédem) [masculine] (Hebrew), fyrir (Icelandic), langa (Icelandic), löngu (Icelandic), 在りし日 (arishi hi) (Japanese), (mukashi) (Japanese), antanyada (Ladino), gamle dager [masculine, plural] (Norwegian), antanho (Portuguese), antano (Portuguese), да́вние времена́ (dávnije vremená) [plural] (Russian), было́е (bylóje) [neuter] (Russian), antaño (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-yore-en-noun-gMJY72vP Disambiguation of Past: 53 47
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          "text": "Several logistics executives told me that if half-full freight vans from multiple firms kept congesting the streets, the best solution might be for every retailer to use a single firm instead. One delivery service to rule them all – just like the postal service of yore.",
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          "text": "This word comes from the days of yore.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1860, Henry David Thoreau, The Last Days of John Brown:",
          "text": "It appeared strange to me that the “little dipper” should be still diving quietly in the river, as of yore; and it suggested that this bird might continue to dive here when Concord should be no more.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1886-88, Richard Francis Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:",
          "text": "In days of yore and times long gone before there was a Sultan of India who begat three sons; the eldest hight Prince Husayn, the second Prince Ali, and the youngest Prince Ahmad; moreover he had a niece, named Princess Nur al-Nihár, the daughter of his cadet brother who, dying early, left his only child under her uncle's charge.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Several logistics executives told me that if half-full freight vans from multiple firms kept congesting the streets, the best solution might be for every retailer to use a single firm instead. One delivery service to rule them all – just like the postal service of yore.",
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        "A time long past."
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "enpr": "yôr",
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      "ipa": "/jɔɹ/",
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      "enpr": "yōr",
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      "ipa": "/jo(ː)ɹ/",
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      "ipa": "/joə/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
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      "homophone": "your"
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    {
      "homophone": "you're (pour–poor merger)"
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      "homophone": "yaw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)"
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    {
      "word": "foretime"
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      "word": "yestertide"
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    {
      "word": "the past"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīrì",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "昔日"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "ver verleden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "weleer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "eertijds"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "ammune"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "jadis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of yore",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "lange zurückliegend"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "the days of yore",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eine lang zurückliegende Zeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "from the days of yore",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "aus uralten Zeiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "qédem",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קֶדֶם"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "fyrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "langa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "löngu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "arishi hi",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "在りし日"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mukashi",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "昔"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "antanyada"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gamle dager"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "antanho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "antano"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dávnije vremená",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "да́вние времена́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bylóje",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "было́е"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "time long past",
      "word": "antaño"
    }
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  "word": "yore"
}

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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26:",
          "text": "Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, / Yet I to them for iudgement iust do fly",
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        "In time long past; long ago."
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        "(obsolete) In time long past; long ago."
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      "enpr": "yōr",
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      "ipa": "/jo(ː)ɹ/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
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      "homophone": "your"
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      "homophone": "you're (pour–poor merger)"
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      "homophone": "yaw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)"
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    {
      "word": "long since"
    },
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      "word": "of old"
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    {
      "word": "long ago"
    }
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  "word": "yore"
}

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