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Definition year

Etymology 1

From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ??r, ??ar (“year”), from Proto-Germanic *j?r? (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *y?ro-, *yeh?ro- (“year, spring”), *yeh?-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jier (“year”), West Frisian jier (“year”), Dutch jaar (“year”), German Jahr (“year”), Norwegian and Swedish ĺr (“year”), Icelandic ár (“year”), Polish jary (“springtime”), Ukrainian ??? (jar?, “spring”), Serbo-Croatian j?r (“spring”), Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra, “year, season”), Avestan ????‎ (y?r?, “year”), Sanskrit ????????? (pary?rí??, “calving after a year”).

Noun

year (plural years)

  1. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
  2. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
  3. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
  4. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
  5. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
  6. A level or grade in school or college.
  7. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).

Etymology 2

Noun

year

  1. Eye dialect spelling of here.
  2. Eye dialect spelling of hear.

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