year (n.)

  1. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; she is 4 years old; in the year 1920

    [ Syn: twelvemonth , yr ]

  2. a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; a school year'

  3. the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; a Martian year takes 687 of our days'

  4. a body of students who graduate together; the class of 97; she was in my year at Hoehandle High

    [ Syn: class ]

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