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year - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" |
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period,
period of time,
time period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
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decade,
decennary,
decennium a period of 10 years
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christian year,
church year the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons
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holy year (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years)
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new year the calendar year just begun
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365 days,
common year a year that is not a leap year
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366 days,
bissextile year,
intercalary year,
leap year in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400
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off year a year in which no major political elections are held
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off year a year in which no major political elections are held
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calendar year,
civil year the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
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financial year,
fiscal year any accounting period of 12 months
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annum (Latin) year; "per annum"
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year of grace any year of the Christian era
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y2k the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar
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year - 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" |
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period,
period of time,
time period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
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anomalistic year time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec
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astronomical year,
equinoctial year,
solar year,
tropical year the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
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lunar year a period of 12 lunar months
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month a time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"
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sidereal year the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars
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season,
time of year one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
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year - a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year" |
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period,
period of time,
time period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
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academic year,
school year the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying
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