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   Year

   /yir/

   

   noun

   • 1. the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun.
   • 2. 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 365 days starting from any date: "the year starting July 1"
   • ▪ a year regarded in terms of the quality of produce, typically wine: "single-vineyard wine of a good year"
   • ▪ a period used for reckoning time according to other calendars: "the Muslim year"
   • 3. one's age or time of life: "she had a composure well beyond her years"
   • 4. a very long time; ages: informal "it's going to take years to put that right"
   • 5. a set of students grouped together as being of roughly similar ages, mostly entering a school or college in the same academic year: "most of the girls in my year were leaving school at the end of the term"

   Word Origin Old Englishgē(a)r, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jaar and German Jahr, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hōra ‘season’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • A

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