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1 ?12 months?
2 ?january to december?
3 years
4 all (the) year round
5 year by year
6 year after year/year in, year out
7 ?period of life/history?
8 the school/academic year
9 ?school/university level?
10 first/second etc year
11 musician/player/car etc of the year
12 never/not in a million years
13 the year dot
14 put years on somebody/take years off somebody
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[Language: Old English; Origin: gear]
?12 MONTHS?
a period of about 365 days or 12 months, measured from any particular time
::I arrived here two years ago.
::We've known each other for over a year.
::It's almost a year since Sue died.
::Jodi is 15 years old.
::a three-year business plan
::a four-year-old child
be 12/21 etc years of age
(=be 12/21 etc years old)
-see also financial year , fiscal year , light year , tax year
?JANUARY TO DECEMBER?
also calendar year
a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st
::the year that Kennedy died
::at the end of the year
::She goes there every year.
::in the year 1785
::this year's cup final
::The museum attracts 100,000 visitors a year.
::in the early years of last century
-see also leap year , new year
years
a) informal a very long period of time
-synonym ages ages
:: It's years since I rode a bike.
in/for years
::I haven't been there for years.
::It was the first time in years I'd seen her.
b) age, especially old age
a man/woman/person etc of his/her etc years
::Gordon is very active for a man of his years.
getting on in years
(=no longer young)
all (the) year round
during the whole year
::It's warm enough to swim all year round.
-see also year-round
year by year
as each year passes
::Business has steadily increased year by year.
year after year/year in, year out
every year for many years
::Many birds return to the same spot year after year.
?PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY?
a particular period of time in someone's life or in history
sb's childhood/early/teenage/retirement etc years
::those who start to smoke in their teenage years
the war/Depression/boom etc years
::the boom years of the 1980's
sb's years in/at sth
::during his years in China
sb's years as sth
::Sheila enjoyed her years as a student in Oxford.
:: In later years he turned to writing poetry.
the school/academic year
the time within a period of 12 months when students are studying at a school or university
?SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY LEVEL?
especially BrE a particular level that a student stays at for one year
::a group of year seven students
in a year
::He was in my year at school.
first/second etc year
BrE someone who is in their first etc year at school or university
::The department offers a study skills programme for all first years.
musician/player/car etc of the year
the musician etc who was voted the best in a particular year
vote/name sth ... of the year
::The new Renault was voted car of the year.
never/not in a million years
spoken used to say that something is extremely unlikely
::Never in a million years did I think we'd lose.
the year dot
BrE informal a very long time ago
::Scientists have been involved in war since the year dot .
put years on sb/take years off sb
to make someone look or feel older or younger
::Tina's divorce has put years on her.
-see also donkey's years at donkey (2)