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year (yîr)

a. The period of time during which Earth completes a single revolution around the sun, consisting of 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds of mean solar time. In the Gregorian calendar the year begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 and is divided into 12 months, 52 weeks, and 365 or 366 days. Also called calendar year.

b. A period approximately equal to a year in other calendars.

c. A period of approximately the duration of a calendar year: We were married a year ago.

2. A sidereal year.

3. A solar year.

4. A period equal to the calendar year but beginning on a different date: a tax-reckoning year; a farming year.

5. A specific period of time, usually shorter than 12 months, devoted to a special activity: the academic year.

6. years Age, especially old age: I'm feeling my years.

7. years An indefinitely long period of time: it's been years since we saw her.

[Middle English yere, from Old English gar; see yr- in Indo-European roots.]

year

Noun

1. the time taken for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, about 365 days

2. the twelve months from January 1 to December 31

3. a period of twelve months from any specified date

4. a specific period of time, usually occupying a definite part or parts of a twelve-month period, used for some particular activity: the financial year

5. a group of people who have started an academic course at the same time

6. year in, year out regularly or monotonously, over a long period

7. years

a. a long time: the legal case could take years to resolve

b. age, usually old age: a man of his years [Old English gēar]

USAGE: In writing spans of years, it is important to choose a style that avoids ambiguity. The practice adopted in this dictionary is, in four-figure dates, to specify the last two digits of the second date if it falls within the same century as the first: 1801–08; 1850–51; 1899–1901. In writing three-figure bc dates, it is advisable to give both dates in full: 159–156bc, not 159–56bc unless of course the span referred to consists of 103 years rather than three years. It is also advisable to specify bc or ad in years under 1000 unless the context makes this self-evident.

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Noun	1.	year - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" twelvemonth, yr period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" Christian year, church year - the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons Holy Year - (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years) New Year - the calendar year just begun 365 days, common year - a year that is not a leap year 366 days, bissextile year, intercalary year, leap year - in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400 off year - a year in which no major political elections are held off year - a year in which productivity is low or inferior calendar year, civil year - the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar financial year, fiscal year - any accounting period of 12 months annum - (Latin) year; "per annum" decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years year of grace - any year of the Christian era Y2K - the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar
	2.	year - a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" academic year, school year - the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying
	3.	year - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" anomalistic year - time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec astronomical year, equinoctial year, solar year, tropical year - the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes lunar year - a period of 12 lunar months month - a time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill" sidereal year - the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
	4.	year - a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" class assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place graduating class - the body of students who graduate together this year senior class - final grade or class in high school or college junior class - penultimate class in high school or college sophomore class - the second class in a four-year college or high school freshman class - the first class in college or high school