Other Definitions year (enc)
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Year| Noun | 1. | year - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" Holy Year - (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years) off year - a year in which no major political elections are held off year - a year in which productivity is low or inferior annum - (Latin) year; "per annum" Y2K - the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar | | | 2. | year - a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" | | | 3. | year - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" anomalistic year - time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec month - a time unit of 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill" sidereal year - the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons" | | | 4. | year - a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"senior class - final grade or class in high school or college | |
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