year
24 ENTRIES FOUND:
- year (noun)
- year–end (adjective)
- year–round (adjective)
- academic year (noun)
- calendar year (noun)
- donkey's years (noun)
- financial year (noun)
- fiscal year (noun)
- gap year (noun)
- golden years (noun)
- leap year (noun)
- light–year (noun)
- New Year (noun)
- New Year's Day (noun)
- New Year's Eve (noun)
- off year (noun)
- dot (noun)
- glory (noun)
- lord (noun)
- million (noun)
- since (preposition)
- thousand (noun)
- vintage (adjective)
- young (adjective)
plural
years
plural
years
Britannica Dictionary definition of YEAR
[count]
1
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a unit of time that is equal to 12 months or 365 or sometimes 366 days
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see also calendar year, donkey's years, fiscal year, gap year, leap year
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I haven't seen her in a year.
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He quit smoking six years ago.
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The job pays $45,000 a/per year.
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She renews her lease every year.
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We see them once or twice a year.
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It feels like we've been standing in line for a year.
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That team hasn't won in years.
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It's been years since I've been on an airplane.
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The camp has changed a lot over the years. [=during several/some/many years]
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The tree grows taller year by year. = The tree grows taller each year. = The tree grows taller as the years go by.
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The park is open all year round. = The park is open the entire year.
2
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the regular period of 12 months that begins in January and ends in December
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The work should be done by the end of the year.
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She was born in the year 1967.
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The volcano erupted in the year 44 B.C.
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In what year was the car made?
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They got married last year. [=during the year before this one]
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He will retire next year. [=during the year after this one]
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the movie/teacher/rookie of the year [=the best movie/teacher/rookie in a specific year]
3
— used to refer to the age of a person
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She is 14 years old.
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the teenage years [=the ages 13 through 19]
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a six-year-old boy
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He is getting on in years. [=he is getting old]
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She looks young/old for her years. [=she looks younger/older than she is]
4
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a period of time when a particular event, process, activity, etc., happens or is done
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The school year runs from September to June. [=the school operates from September to June]
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The fiscal year begins in October and ends in September.
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This will be a great year [=harvest season] for peaches.
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The pitcher is having his best year [=season] ever.
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She took geometry (during) her sophomore year.
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first- and second-year students
glory years
in the year of our Lord
formal
— used before a year to say that it is after the birth of Jesus Christ
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The couple married on this day in the year of our Lord 2005.
never/not in a thousand/million/billion years
informal
— used as a strong way of saying that something is extremely unlikely or impossible
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Never in a million years did I think she would quit her job. [=I never thought that she would quit her job]
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He will never change his mind. Not in a million years.
put years on
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to cause (someone) to look or feel older
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That job has really put some years on him.
since (the) year one
(US) informal or British since the year dot
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for a very long time
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since a time in the distant past
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That monument has been there since the year one.
take years off
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to cause someone to look or feel younger
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Not only has the diet improved how she feels, but it's also taken years off (her appearance).
