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jɪə,
jəː/
n.
- the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun.
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(also calendar year or civil year)
the period of 365 days (or 366 days in leap years) starting from the first of January, used for reckoning time in ordinary affairs.
▸a period of the same length as this starting at a different point.
▸a similar period used for reckoning time according to other calendars.
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(one's years)
one's age or time of life.
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(years)
informal a very long time.
- a set of students grouped together as being of roughly similar ages.
Phrase
- in the year of grace
(or Our Lord)
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in the year —— ad.
[year of grace from med. L. anno gratiae, used by chroniclers.]
- a year and a day
the period specified in some legal matters to ensure the completion of a full year. - year in, year out
continuously or repeatedly over a period of years.
Etymology
OE gē(a)r, of Gmc origin.
