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- pronunciation:
- yir
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A year is a period of time that is equal to twelve months. The time between one birthday and your next birthday is one year. A year usually has 365 days, but every four years, it has 366. A short way to write "year" or "years" is "yr."
Holidays like Thanksgiving and Halloween come only once a year. That's one reason that holidays are so special. |
| definition 2: |
A year is the time it takes any planet to go completely around its sun.
A year on Jupiter is much longer than a year on Mercury.- similar words:
- orbit, revolution
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| definition 3: |
Sometimes a "year" is a part of a year in which a certain things are scheduled to happen.
Our school year starts in September and ends in June.- synonyms:
- period, term
- similar words:
- cycle, space, span
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age |
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