English

Pronunciation

• AHD : /yîr/
• IPA : /jir/
• SAMPA : /jir/

Noun

year, plural years

1. The time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (approximately 365.24 days).
2. The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body.

   One Mars year is the time it takes Mars to go once around the Sun: equivalent to XX.xx Earth years

3. A period of twelve months between set dates (from January 1 to December 31 in the Western world).

   A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.

   I was born in the year 1950

   This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster

4. Any period of twelve months.

   We moved to this town a year ago.

5. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.

   During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to catch the bus.

6. A very long time (colloquialism)

   it took years for the bus to come

   synonyms - ages;yonks ;for ever ;donkey's years ;donkey's

7. A level or grade in school or college

   Everyone in year 2 Medicine must....

   The exams in year 12 at high school are the most ....

Synonyms

• (1, 2): sidereal year
• (3): calendar year , civil year , legal year
• (4): twelvemonth (archaic)

Related terms

• calendar year
• civil year
• donkey's years
• financial year
• gap year
• in the year of our Lord
• last year
• leap year
• legal year
• next year
• of the year - (sportsman of the year)
• sidereal year
• the year dot
• year book
• year by year
• year-end
• year-long
• year-round
• yearling
• yearly
• yesteryear

Translations

See also

• century
• day
• decade
• millennium
• month