year

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year
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Meanings
noun
  • the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun.
  • the period of 365 days (or 366 days in leap years) starting from the first of January, used for reckoning time in ordinary circumstances.
  • one's age or time of life.
    E.g. she had a composure well beyond her years
  • a very long time; ages.
    E.g. it's going to take years to put that right
  • a set of students grouped together as being of roughly similar ages, mostly entering a school or college in the same academic year.
    E.g. most of the girls in my year were leaving at the end of the term

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