year
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year /jɪə, jəː/
▶noun
- 1 the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun.
- 2 (also calendar year or civil year) the period of 365 days (or 366 days in leap years) starting from the first of January, used for reckoning time in ordinary affairs.
■ a period of the same length as this starting at a different point.
■ a similar period used for reckoning time according to other calendars.
- 3 (one's years) one's age or time of life.
- 4 (years) informal a very long time.
- 5 a set of students grouped together as being of roughly similar ages.
– phrases
in the year of grace (or Our Lord) —— in the year —— ad. [year of grace from med. L. anno gratiae, used by chroniclers.]
a year and a day the period specified in some legal matters to ensure the completion of a full year.
year in, year out continuously or repeatedly over a period of years.
in the year of grace (or Our Lord) —— in the year —— ad. [year of grace from med. L. anno gratiae, used by chroniclers.]
a year and a day the period specified in some legal matters to ensure the completion of a full year.
year in, year out continuously or repeatedly over a period of years.
– origin OE gē(a)r, of Gmc origin.
'year' also found in these Oxford entries:
Ab
- AD
- Adar
- advent
- AER
- AH
- annal
- annals
- annates
- anniversary
- Anno Domini
- annual
- annuity
- annus horribilis
- annus mirabilis
- anomalistic year
- anyone
- April
- astronomical year
- AUC
- August
- banner
- Beaujolais Nouveau
- biannual
- biennial
- biennium
- birth rate
- biyearly
- black bun
- brocket
- calendar
- calendar year
- calendula
- calf
- class
- clearing
- clock
- close season
- cuckooflower
- cumulative preference share
- current assets
- date
- death rate
- December
- decennial
- depth
- Derby
- diary
- dog days
- dominical letter
