Year

Quick meaning: Year is a noun meaning A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.

Meaning

A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.

More Meanings

1. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
2. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
3. Pronunciation spelling of here.
4. Pronunciation spelling of hear.
5. (by extension) 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.
6. 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.

Example Sentences

I was born in the year 1950.

This Chinese year is the year of the Ox.

we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago

Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.

Word Forms

• years
• yeah
• yeare

Synonyms for year

Depending on context, synonyms include sun, annum, orb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include yr, class, month, annum, summer, horizon.

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