the Gregorian calendarnoun [ S ]
uk/ɡrɪˌɡɔː.ri.ən ˈkæl.ɪn.dər/us/ɡrɪˌɡɔːr.i.ən ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/the system used in many parts of the world to divide the 365 days of the year into weeks and months, and to number the years
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Years & yearly
- ad
- Anno Domini
- annual
- annually
- annus horribilis
- BCE
- bicentenary
- calendar year
- CE
- centenary
- date
- financial year
- fiscal year
- leap year
- light year
- New Year
- solar year
- year end
- year's end
- yearly
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Examples from literature
- In most of the world today, we use the Gregorian calendar.
- India, one of the biggest countries in the world, uses the Gregorian calendar.