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year

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Noun
  1. 1

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

    • We moved to this town a year ago.
    • I quit smoking exactly one year ago.
  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.

  4. 4

    The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.

  5. 5

    The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.

  6. 6

    The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.

  7. 7

    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.

    • Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
  8. 8

    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.

    • A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
    • I was born in the year 1950.
    • 2013 was a quiet 'year for me.
  9. 9

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

    • During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
    • Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
    • The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
  10. 10

    A level or grade in school or college.

    • Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
    • The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
    • I'm the oldest student in my year because I've repeated twice.
  11. 11

    The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).

    • Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
Noun
  1. 1

    Pronunciation spelling of here.

  2. 2

    Pronunciation spelling of hear.

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