how to pronounce yesteryear

/ˈjɛs.tə.jɪəɹ/

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yesteryear is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of yesteryear in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… from yesteryear i i still talked to um i …”

meanings of yesteryear

noun:

Past years; time gone by; yore.
Last year.

yesteryear frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word yesteryear occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics yesteryear can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that yesteryear can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;