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Year has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

"she is 4 years old"

"in the year 1920"

2

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

"a school year"

3

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"

4

a body of students who graduate together

"the class of '97"

"she was in my year at Hoehandle High"

5

A solar year, 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).

"That was a hard year, but it really helped me grow as a person."

6

Pronunciation spelling of here.

In plain English: A year is the amount of time it takes for Earth to go around the sun once.

"I have been waiting for this day for five years."

Usage: Use "year" for any period lasting approximately twelve months or a single orbit around the sun, avoiding confusion with shorter units like "month." It typically appears in fixed phrases such as "in my opinion," though this specific word does not have common spelling errors; simply ensure you distinguish it from similar-sounding words like "yea" when voting.

Example Sentences
"I have been waiting for this day for five years." noun
"I have been saving money for three years now." noun
"The calendar shows that this year will be difficult." noun
"How many years do you think it will take to finish the project?" noun
Related Terms
month time birthday months twelve twelve months annual days calendar measurement period age century time period many days time measurement hundred three three hundred five
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
time period gathering
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
church year Holy Year New Year common year leap year off year calendar year fiscal year annum year of grace Y2K school year anomalistic year solar year lunar year sidereal year graduating class senior class junior class sophomore class freshman class

Origin

The word "year" comes from Old English ġēar, which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root meaning both "year" and "spring." This same ancient root also gave rise to the doublet "hour," showing how related concepts once shared a common origin.

Rhyming Words
ear dear near hear bear fear mear lear pear rear wear tear sear arear shear spear abear drear grear blear
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