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Definition year in American English

year noun

noun
/jɪr/
1

a period of 365 days, or 366 in a leap year, divided into 12 months

Example

He lived in Paris for a few years.

Synonyms and related words
00s academic year A.D.
1.1

used about a particular period of time, beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, or between the first and last dates on some other calendar

Example

We're hoping to sell the house by the end of the year.

Example

Profits are lower than last year.

Synonyms and related words
00s academic year A.D.
1.2

used about the period during which an institution operates, or about the system that it uses for dividing time

Example

a budget for the fiscal year 2002

Example

the first weeks of the new school year

Synonyms and related words
00s academic year A.D.
1.3

used for talking about age

Example

Their son is only five years old.

Synonyms and related words
a 3-year-old/10-month-old etc. age age
2

used about a particular period of time in history

Example

Conditions were very different in the postwar years (=the period after the war).

2.1

a very long time

Example

It wasn't until years later that I realized how foolish I'd been.

Example

He hasn't been back to the country for years.

Synonyms and related words
eternity light years ages
3

the amount of time that a planet takes to travel around the sun

Synonyms and related words
rise go down eclipse
Definition year in American English

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