year

1. 1. The period of time during which Earth completes a single revolution around the sun, consisting of 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds of mean solar time. In the Gregorian calendar the year begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 and is divided into 12 months, 52 weeks, and 365 or 366 days. Also called calendar year.
   2. A period approximately equal to a year in other calendars.
   3. A period of approximately the duration of a calendar year: We were married a year ago.
2. A sidereal year.
3. A solar year.
4. A period equal to the calendar year but beginning on a different date: a tax-reckoning year; a farming year.
5. A specific period of time, usually shorter than 12 months, devoted to a special activity: the academic year.
6. years Age, especially old age: I'm feeling my years.
7. years An indefinitely long period of time: it's been years since we saw her.

[Middle English yere, from Old English gēar.]

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noun

1. A period of time of approximately 12 months, especially that period during which the earth completes a single revolution around the sun: twelvemonth. See time.
2. A period of origin: Informal vintage. See time.
3. Old age. age, agedness, elderliness, senectitude, senescence. See youth/age/maturity.
4. A long time. eon, eternity, long¹. Informal age (used in plural), blue moon. Idioms: forever and a day, forever and ever, month of Sundays. See time.

Idioms beginning with year:
year in, year out

In addition to the idiom beginning with year, also see all year round; along in years; by the day (year); donkey's years.

To convert from year (mean of 4 year period) to:

day, multiply by 365.25.
hour, multiply by 8766.
minute (time), multiply by 5.2596E+05.
second (time), multiply by 3.15576E+07.
week, multiply by 52.17857.

n.

A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

Common misspelling(s) of year

• eyar
• yera

Dansk (Danish)
n. - år, årgang

idioms:

• a man of his years    en mand af hans årgang
• all (the) year round    hele året rundt
• from the year dot    for meget længe siden, i syttenhundredeoghvidkål
• get on in years    blive gammel, blive til års, komme op i årene
• in the year of grace    i det herrens år XXXX
• of the year    fra året, årgang
• put years on    gøre flere år ældre, lægge år til
• take years off    tage år af
• turn of the year    (års)tidernes gang
• year after year    år efter år
• year by year    år efter år
• year in, year out    år efter år

Nederlands (Dutch)
(kalender)jaar, jaartal, schooljaar, (mv) lange tijd, (mv) leeftijd

Français (French)
n. - an, année, (École, Univ) année, (GB, École) élève, année (de sentence)

idioms:

• a man of his years    un homme de son âge
• a woman of her years    une femme de son âge
• all the year round    toute l'année
• all year round    tout au long de l'année
• get on in years    prendre de l'âge
• in the year of grace    en l'an de grâce
• in the year of Our Lord    en l'an ou en l'année de notre Seigneur
• of the year    de l'année
• off year    par an
• put years on    faire vieillir
• take years off someone    rajeunir qn
• the year dot    depuis des siècles, dans la nuit des temps
• turn of the year    à la fin de l'année
• year after year    année après année
• year by year    d'année en année
• year in, year out    tous les ans, chaque année

Deutsch (German)
n. - Jahr, Jahrgang, Alter

idioms:

• a man of his years    ein Mann in seinem Alter
• a woman of her years    eine Frau mit ihren Jahren
• all the year round    das ganze Jahr hindurch
• all year round    das ganze Jahr hindurch
• get on in years    in die Jahre kommen
• in the year of grace    im Jahr des Heils, A.D.
• in the year of Our Lord    im Jahr des Herrn
• of the year    des Jahres
• off year    (AmE) Wahljahr, in dem kein Präsident gewählt wird
• put years on    um Jahre altern (lassen)
• take years off someone    um Jahre jünger machen
• the year dot    von Anno dazumal, (Eng)(ugs) Anno dunnemals
• turn of the year    Jahreswende
• year after year    Jahr für Jahr
• year by year    Jahr um Jahr
• year in, year out    jahrein, jahraus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έτος, χρόνος, χρονιά

idioms:

• a man of his years    άτομο της ηλικίας του
• all (the) year round    ολοχρονίς, όλο το χρόνο
• from the year dot    προ αμνημονεύτων χρόνων
• get on in years    γερνάω
• in the year of grace    μετά Χριστόν
• of the year    του έτους
• put years on    προσθέτω χρόνια
• take years off    κόβω χρόνια
• turn of the year    αλλαγή του χρόνου, τέλος του χρόνου
• year after year    χρόνο με το χρόνο, κάθε χρόνο
• year by year    χρόνο με το χρόνο
• year in, year out    χρόνος μπαίνει, χρόνος βγαίνει

Italiano (Italian)
anno, anno bisestile, data, classe

idioms:

• a man of his years    un uomo della sua etý
• all (the) year round    tutto l'anno
• get on in years    invecchiare
• of the year    dell'anno
• put years on    invecchiarsi
• take years off    ringiovanire
• year after year    anno dopo anno
• year by year    anno per anno
• year in, year out    un anno dopo l'altro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ano (m)

idioms:

• a man of his years    homem idoso ou relativamente idoso
• all (the) year round    do fim de um ano ao fim do seguinte
• get on in years    envelhecer
• in the year of grace    no ano da graça
• of the year    do ano
• put years on    envelhecer aparentemente
• take years off    rejuvenescer
• turn of the year    virada do ano
• year after year    todos os anos
• year by year    todos os anos
• year in, year out    a cada dois anos

Русский (Russian)
год

idioms:

• a man of his years    пожилой человек
• all (the) year round    круглый год
• get on in years    взрослеть
• in the year of grace    в наш благословенный век
• of the year    года (родительный падеж)
• put years on    стареть
• take years off    молодеть
• turn of the year    на рубеже двух столетий, начало года
• year after year    год за годом
• year by year    каждый год
• year in, year out    из года в год

Español (Spanish)
n. - año, edad, curso

idioms:

• a man of his years    un hombre de su edad
• a woman of her years    una mujer de su edad
• all the year round    (durante) todo el año
• all year round    durante todo el año
• get on in years    va para viejo, es bastante viejo
• in the year of grace    en el año de gracia
• in the year of Our Lord    en el año de nuestro Señor
• of the year    (la persona destacada) del año, del año...
• off year    año en el que no hay elecciones, año caracterizado por una baja o disminución (en la producción)
• put years on    envejecer
• take years off someone    le quita muchos años, rejuvenecer
• the year dot    del tiempo del rey que rabió, del tiempo de Maricastaña, fósil, antiguo, anticuado
• turn of the year    al terminar el año
• year after year    año tras año
• year by year    año tras año, cada año
• year in, year out    año tras año

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - år, årtal, årgång, årskull, ålder

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
年, 年龄, 年度

idioms:

• a man of his years    与他年龄相同的人
• all (the) year round    一年到头
• from the year dot    很久很久以前
• get on in years    渐渐年老
• in the year of grace    公元...年
• of the year    本年度最杰出的
• put years on    使...显得比实际年龄大, 使某人长年纪, 指变得老练
• take years off    显得或感到年轻
• turn of the year    下一年
• year after year    年年, 每年
• year by year    年年的, 每年的
• year in, year out    年复一年, 一成不变地, 一年又一年

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 年, 年齡, 年度

idioms:

• a man of his years    與他年齡相同的人
• all (the) year round    一年到頭
• from the year dot    很久很久以前
• get on in years    漸漸年老
• in the year of grace    公元...年
• of the year    本年度最傑出的
• put years on    使...顯得比實際年齡大, 使某人長年紀, 指變得老練
• take years off    顯得或感到年輕
• turn of the year    下一年
• year after year    年年, 每年
• year by year    年年的, 每年的
• year in, year out    年復一年, 一成不變地, 一年又一年

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 해, 1년, 연도

idioms:

• a man of his years    그 사람 연배의 남자
• get on in years    나이 먹다, 늙다
• in the year of grace    서기 ~년에
• put years on    나이 먹게 하다, 몹시 초조하게 만들다
• take years off    여러 해 쉬다
• turn of the year    해를 넘길 때

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 年, 一年, …歳, 年齢, 長い年月, 老齢, 年度, 学年, 時代

idioms:

• all (the) year round    一年中
• all year round    一年中
• declining years    晩年
• from the year dot    ずっと前から
• get on in years    出世する
• in the year of grace    西暦の
• of the year    その年にきわだった…, とびきりの…
• put years on    ふけさせる
• take years off    若々しくさせる
• year after year    毎年毎年, 来る年も来る年も
• year by year    年ごとに, 年々
• year in    年々歳々, 年がら年中

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سنه, عام, حول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שנה, תקופת זמן ארוכה מאד, מחזור תלמידים באוניברסיטה‬

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