year

Meaning

Noun

• 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).
• 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.
• A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
• A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
• A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
• A level or grade in school or college.
• The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
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Related

Similar words

• sun, twelvemonth
• anomalistic year, Gaussian year, sidereal year, tropical year
• calendar year, civil year, legal year
• fiscal year, liturgical year, school year

Narrower meaning words

• base year
• birthyear
• calendar year
• civil year
• dog year
• donkey's years
• financial year
• fiscal year
• gap year
• golden years
• last year
• leap year
• legal year
• liturgical year
• lunar year
• mid-year, midyear
• school year
• sidereal year
• Sothic year
• solar year
• sunset years
• tax year
• twilight years
• year of our Lord
• year of our Lord Jesus Christ
• yesteryear

Broader meaning words

• decade , century , millennium

Origin

• 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.