year
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- noun
- /jɪr/
:
año
- There will be a batch coming out this year, but it goes really quickly.
- years ago
- years old
- last year
So let's say my goal next year is to write a book.
- So let's say my goal next year is to write a book.
- So and then Fast forward a year, I doing a podcast.
- It was a year and a half to make it.
- He reached out to me every year before he died.
- Then I came back, you know about a year later manager.
- Like my project I dropped February of last year, Dreamcatcher.
- We've been either doubling or tripling every year we have.
- Especially now after I've kind of spent a year working on CXOXO.
- It was the worst year of my life.
- I just come back from a year in in Europe.
- When they move, you need at least six months to a year to adapt.
- We've been working together for four years now for eternity.
- You will get one point for the year, another point for the month.
- It took me two years to phase out of gun reviews.
- OK, folks, this word of the year thing is stressing me out.
Examples
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Then I came back, you know about a year later manager.
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So far, even the Arab uprisings this year have failed to change the situation.
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So I took three full years of getting that.
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In, say, three years, what would this be worth to me?
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So let's say my goal next year is to write a book.
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It's been an interesting year here in Harvard Square.
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Every year we're like, this next year, that'll save us.
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It's the busiest time of the year every year.
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I spent an entire year with Maddie.
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In 2022, the year marked a turning point in environmental policies.
Synonyms
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A period of twelve months that starts on January 1 and ends on December 31
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A period of twelve months equal to one year
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The time it takes the Earth to go once around the Sun, about 365 days
The time an object takes to go once around a planet or star
Time Earth takes to go around the Sun from one spring equinox to the next
The time Earth takes to go from one spring equinox to the next, about 365.24 days
The time the Earth takes to go once around the Sun from one spring equinox to the next
The time Earth takes to go around the Sun measured by the stars
Time the Earth takes to go from one closest point to the Sun to the next closest point
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A twelve-month period that governments or companies use for money and budgets, not always matching the calendar year
- Specialized
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The distance light travels in one year in space, about 9.46 trillion kilometers
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The year in the Christian calendar used when writing dates like AD 1865
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A period of twelve months that businesses or governments use to record money and pay taxes
- Specialized
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A very long period of about 25,800 years for Earth's axis to slowly turn once
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A solemn Jewish festival that marks the start of the year with prayers and the blowing of a horn
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A yearly cycle of seasons and special days that Christians observe, like Christmas and Easter
- Formal
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A special Catholic year when people can receive forgiveness and special blessings
A yearly cycle of seasons and festivals in the Christian church that includes Advent and Easter
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The time Earth takes to go from one spring equinox to the next, about 365.24 days
- Specialized
Time the Earth takes to go from one closest point to the Sun to the next closest point
- Specialized
The time the Earth takes to go once around the Sun from one spring equinox to the next
- Specialized
A year with an extra day added to February to keep the dates matching the seasons
- Specialized
About 25,800 years when Earth's axis slowly turns and moves the seasons
- Jargon
A horse that is three years old and usually races only against others of the same age
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Time Earth takes to go around the Sun from one spring equinox to the next
A large noisy insect in North America that appears in big groups about every 17 years
- Archaic
A year counted since the birth of Jesus, used in formal or historical dates
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word year comes from the old English word ġēar, which meant 'season' or 'a full turn of nature'. So a planet's year is one full trip or turn around the sun, which matches the old idea of a full cycle of seasons.