leap yearnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈliːp ˌjɪər/us/ˈliːp ˌjɪr/a year that happens every four years and has an extra day on 29 February
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Years & yearly
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- Anno Domini
- annual
- annually
- annus horribilis
- BCE
- bicentenary
- calendar year
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- centenary
- date
- financial year
- fiscal year
- light year
- New Year
- solar year
- tercentenary
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- year's end
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Examples from literature
- So he said that every four years there must be one more day, to make a leap year of 366 days.