year
/jɪə/ /jəː
/- The first of these is called the sidereal year while the second is called the tropical year.
- Calendar dates of events vary slightly because there is not an exact number of solar days in a year.
The length of the year depends on the manner of calculation. For ordinary purposes the important period is the tropical year (also called astronomical year, equinoctial year, or solar year) which is the time between successive spring or autumn equinoxes, or winter or summer solstices, roughly 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds in length. This period thus marks the regular cycle of the seasons. See also sidereal year, anomalistic year.
- This is the first big race meeting of the calendar year held in the second weekend of January.
- The measure applies only to tourist visits not exceeding six months in a calendar year.
- He just wanted to be a part of the Camp for some time. It could be a period as short as a month or a year.
- The length of time they are on the medication ranges from nine months to three years.
- Some can be as short as six weeks, while others run from nine months up to two years.
Synonyms
- Advertising is set for its best year since 1999, according to a report out this week.
- Was it a very good year? The vintage is simply the year that the fruit, usually one or more varieties of grapes, used in making the wine was grown.
- In a good year, the vineyard produces 9000 bottles of the most sought-after wine.
- In the story of how the animals got their years in the Chinese calendar, the Rat won first place.
- After many months and years cajoling and calling for clear leadership from the top, it had arrived.
- Students in the higher year are able to smoke in the law but they are not allowed to in school.
- We have made it compulsory for the first year students to attend classes twice a week in the lab.
- This is our tactic in the Writing Skills course we teach to first year college students.
Phrases
in the year of grace (or Our Lord) ——
—— of the year
put years on (or take years off) someone
a year and a day
the year dot
year in, year out
year on year
Origin
Old English gē(a)r, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jaar and German Jahr, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hōra 'season'.
This shares an ancient root with Greek höra ‘season, time’, source of horology (Late Middle English), horoscope (Old English), and hour. The term leap year, used from the 14th century, probably comes from the fact that in a leap year feast days after February fall two days of the week later than in the previous year, rather than the usual one day, and could be said to have ‘leaped’ a day.