year

CEFRA1

/jɪə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A period of twelve months.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.

Examples

  • The TV ads were first run last year.

  • Your idea cannot be brand new. I heard about it from another source last year.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈ(j)ɪjə(r)/
  • /jiə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.

  2. The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.

  3. The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.

More examples

In context

  • We went to London last year.

  • A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.

  • Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, spring”). Doublet of hora and hour. Cognates Cognate with Scots year (“year”), North Frisian djooar, iir, Jaar, jeer, juar, jäär (“year”), Saterland Frisian Jíer (“year”), West Frisian jier (“year”), Bavarian Joahr, Jåar, Jåhr (“year”), Cimbrian djar, jaar (“year”), Dutch jaar (“year”), German Jahr (“year”), Limburgish jaor, Johr, Joër (“year”), Low German Johr, Jåhr (“year”), Luxembourgish Joer (“year”), Mòcheno jor (“year”), Swabian Johr (“year”), Vilamovian jür (“year”), West Flemish joar (“year”), Yiddish יאָר (yor),...