Meaning

11 senses
  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

    a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

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

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

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

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

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

    годgod

    рікrik

  7. (broadly)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.

    Jahr

    годgod

    рікrik

  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.

    Jahr

    годgod

    рікrik

  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.

    годgod

    рікrik

    a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity

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

    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.

    Jahr, Studienjahr

    классklass, курсkurs

    класklas, курсkurs

  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.

Examples

16280 sentences
  1. I had a stroke last year.

    У мене був інсульт минулого року.

    ruУ меня был инсульт в прошлом году.

    deLetztes Jahr hatte ich einen Schlaganfall.

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  2. Christmas fell on Saturday that year.

    Різдво цього року випало на суботу.

    ruВ тот год Рождество выпало на субботу.

    deWeihnachten fiel in diesem Jahr auf einen Samstag.

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  3. The island is warm all year.

    На цьому острові тепло цілий рік.

    ruНа острове тепло круглый год.

    deAuf der Insel ist es das ganze Jahr über warm.

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  4. This hotel was built last year.

    Цей готель побудували минулого року.

    ruЭту гостиницу построили в прошлом году.

    deDieses Hotel wurde voriges Jahr gebaut.

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  5. My son grew 5 inches last year.

    Минулого року мій син виріс на п'ять дюймів.

    deMein Sohn ist im letzten Jahr 13 Zentimeter gewachsen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun:
a level or grade at school or college:
Русский
By meaning 2
time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun:
a level or grade at school or college:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun:
a level or grade at school or college:

Origin

From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic *

From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, spring”). Doublet of hora and hour.

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Forms

plural: years / year
Singularyear
Pluralyears / year

regular

Synonyms

33 synonyms
one revolution of the Sun by the Earth:sunA1solar yearequinoctial yearTheban yeartwelvemonth
period between set dates:calendar yearcivil yearlegal yearwinter (one of an especially great number of years,
Close in meaning
  • a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days:twelvemonthyr
  • a body of students who graduate together:class

Word family

166 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • three years
  • three years ago
  • years ago
  • for three years
  • years old
  • last year
  • thirteen years old
  • next year
  • three years old
  • thirty years old
  • thirty years
  • years older older

See also

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year — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto