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Year

Noun1.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"
Christian year, church year - the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons
Holy Year - (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years)
New Year - the calendar year just begun
365 days, common year - a year that is not a leap year
366 days, bissextile year, intercalary year, leap year - in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400
off year - a year in which no major political elections are held
off year - a year in which productivity is low or inferior
calendar year, civil year - the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
financial year, fiscal year - any accounting period of 12 months
annum - (Latin) year; "per annum"
decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
year of grace - any year of the Christian era
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"
academic year, school year - the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying
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
astronomical year, equinoctial year, solar year, tropical year - the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
lunar year - a period of 12 lunar months
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"
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
graduating class - the body of students who graduate together this year
senior class - final grade or class in high school or college
junior class - penultimate class in high school or college
sophomore class - the second class in a four-year college or high school
freshman class - the first class in college or high school

 

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