years

year

Y0011600 (yîr)n.1. Any of various calendrical units based on the time the earth takes to revolve once around the sun, especially:a. In the Gregorian calendar, a period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, consisting of 365 or 366 days in 12 months. Also called calendar year.b. A period of 365 or 366 days used as the basis for another calendar such as the Julian calendar.c. A period of 12 or 13 lunar months in a lunisolar calendar such as the Jewish calendar.d. A period of 12 lunar months in a lunar calendar such as the Islamic calendar.2. A sidereal year.3. A solar year.4. A period of about a year: We were married a year ago.5. A period equal to the calendar year but beginning on a different date: a tax-reckoning year; a farming year.6. An annually recurring period devoted to a special activity: the academic year.7. years Age, especially old age: I'm feeling my years.8. years An indefinitely long period of time: it's been years since we saw her.

[Middle English yere, from Old English gēar; see yēr- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	years - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"eld, geezerhood, old age, agetime of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life statemid-sixties, sixties - the time of life between 60 and 70mid-seventies, seventies - the time of life between 70 and 80mid-eighties, eighties - the time of life between 80 and 90mid-nineties, nineties - the time of life between 90 and 100dotage, second childhood, senility - mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
	2.	years - a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"long time, ageperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"month of Sundays - a time perceived as long; "I hadn't seen him in a month of Sundays"eon, aeon - an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago"blue moon - a long time; "something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens"year dot - as long ago as anyone can remember; "he has been a conductor since the year dot"
	3.	years - the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years"dayslife - the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life"