WordNet meanings
View source ↗- Noun
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
she is 4 years old
in the year 1920
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a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
a school year
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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
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a body of students who graduate together
the class of '97
she was in my year at Hoehandle High
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Wiktionary meanings
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.
- Nounbroadly
An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
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A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
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A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
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A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
A level or grade in school or college.
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The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
- Nounalt ofpronunciation spelling
Pronunciation spelling of here.
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Pronunciation spelling of hear.
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