year
A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
Noun
- A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
- we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
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The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.
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The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
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The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.
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The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
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The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.
- An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: 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.
- Shepard: What can you tell me about the Citadel Council? Avina: Originally, the Council consisted of representatives from the asari and salarians, the two dominant species in Citadel space. Roughly 1,304 galactic...
- A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
- A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
- I was born in the year 1950.
- This Chinese year is the year of the Ox.
- A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
- During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
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A level or grade in school or college.
- Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
- The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
- I'm the oldest student in my year because I've repeated twice.
- The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
- Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥der. Proto-Germanic *jērą Proto-West Germanic *jār Old English ġēar Middle English yeer English year 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 (“year, spring”). Doublet of hora and hour. Cognates Cognate with Scots year (“year”), North Frisian djooar, iir, Jaar, jeer, juar, jäär (“year”), Saterland Frisian Jíer (“year”), West Frisian jier (“year”), Bavarian Joahr, Jåar, Jåhr (“year”), Cimbrian djar, jaar (“year”), Dutch jaar (“year”), German Jahr (“year”), Limburgish jaor, Johr, Joër (“year”), Low German Johr, Jåhr (“year”), Luxembourgish Joer (“year”), Mòcheno jor (“year”), Swabian Johr (“year”), Vilamovian jür (“year”), West Flemish joar (“year”), Yiddish יאָר (yor), יאָהר (yohr, “year”),...
Forms
Synonyms
solar year equinoctial year sun Theban year twelvemonth annum anomalistic year galactic year Gaussian year Great Year lunar year Platonic year sidereal year Sothic year tropical year calendar year civil year legal year winter (one of an especially great number of years, accounting year base year dog year financial year fiscal year
Hypernyms
biennium (2 years) triennium quadrennium olympiad quinquennium pentad sexennium septennium octaeteris octennium novennium decennium decade centennium century (100) quincentennium (500) kiloyear millennium (1000) decamillennium (10,000) centimillennium (100,000) millionennium megayear (1,000,000) gigayear (1,000,000,000) eon
Hyponyms
base year birthyear calendar year civil year dog year donkey's years financial year fiscal year fourth year gap year golden years holy year last year leap year legal year liturgical year lunar year mid-year midyear prophetical year prophetic year run of year school year second year
Related
calendar month week day 1⁄4-year triannual biannual semiannual twice-yearly quasi-annual yearly annual per annum biennium biennial triennium triennial trieterical quadrennium quadrennial quinquennium quinquenniad quintennium quinquennial
Derived
100-year flood 10-year series 4-plus-billion-year abundant year academic year after-years all-year-round astronomical year autumn years a year and a day banner year be a hundred years too early beyond one's years big year bissextile year century year Christian year Christmas comes but once a year common year cosmic year current year day-year principle disability adjusted life year disability-adjusted life year
Noun alt of, pronunciation spelling
- Pronunciation spelling of here.
- Pronunciation spelling of hear.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
academic year astronomical year base year calendar year common year civil year dog year equinoctial year fiscal year gap year leap year legal year liturgical year human year school year solar year tropical year
Related
anomalistic year Gaussian year lunar year sidereal year Sothic year