Year
/jɪə/
Year is a noun with 2 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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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).
“we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago”
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(by extension) 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.
“Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.”
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Synonyms
twelvemonth calendar year civil year legal year fiscal year liturgical year
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