year
English
Alternative forms
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Noun
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The time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
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(by extension) The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body.
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A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar.
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A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
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(sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
A level or grade in school or college.
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The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
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Synonyms
* (one revolution of the Sun by the Earth) twelvemonth
* (time to make one revolution by any body) anomalistic year, Gaussian year, sidereal year, tropical year
* (period between set dates) calendar year, civil year, legal year
* (specific uses) fiscal year, liturgical year, school year
Derived terms
* calendar year
* civil year
* dog year
* donkey's years
* fiscal year
* gap year
* golden years
* in the year of our Lord
* in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ
* last year
* leap year
* legal year
* liturgical year
* on in years
* school year
* sidereal year
* sunset years
* the year dot
* twilight years
* yearbook
* year by year
* year-end
* year-long
* year of our Lord
* year of our Lord Jesus Christ
* -year-old
* year-round
* yearhundred
* yearling
* yearly
* yesteryear
Related terms
* (smaller divisions) see'' , &c.
* quarter, quarterly, season, seasonal
* triannual
* biannual, semiannual, twice-yearly
* (roughly one year) quasi-annual
* yearly, annual, per annum
* (ages) See
* biennium, biennial
* triennium, triennial, trieterical
* quadrennium, quadrennial
* quinquennium, quinquenniad, quintennium, quinquennial, quintennial
* sexennium, sexennial
* septennium, septennial, septennary, septenniad, septenary, septenarian, septennian, septennual
* octennium, octaeteris, octennial, octaeteric
* novennium, novennial, enneaeteric, enneatic
* decade, decennium, decadal, decennial
* septendecennial
* enneadecaeteris
* vicennium, vicennial
* tricennium, tricennial
* century, yearhundred, centennial, centenary, centuried
* bicentennial, bicentenary
* tricentennial, tricentenary tercentennial, tercentenary
* millennium, kiloyear (kyr), yearthousand, millennial
* termillenary
* megayear (Myr), mega-annum (Ma)
* gigayear (Gyr), gigannum (Ga)
See also
* day
* week
* month
Statistics
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