Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
2. (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.
3. 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.
4. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
5. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
6. Pronunciation spelling of here.
7. Pronunciation spelling of hear.

Example Sentences

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.

Shepard: What can you tell me about the Citadel Council? Avina: Originally, the Council consisted of representatives from the asari and salarians, the two dominant species in Citadel space. Roughly 1,304 galactic standard years ago, turians were invited to join the Council in recognition of the role they played during the Krogan Rebellion.

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 Ox.

Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.

Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media.

Word Forms

• years
• year
• yeah
• yeare
• yeer
• yeere
• yere
• yur

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