Year meaning

What does “year” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“year” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.

year

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
“she is 4 years old”
“in the year 1920”
Synonymstwelvemonth yr
a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
“a school year”
the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
“a Martian year takes 687 of our days”
a body of students who graduate together
“the class of '97”
“she was in my year at Hoehandle High”
Synonymsclass

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University