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year
  1. 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 planetary body to make one revolution around another body.
  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).
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  9. Examples:
    1. “If you're unsure about traveling for an entire year, try to do it in six or nine months.”
      “Traditionally, in China and Korea, only monastics engaged in Zen meditation, usually spending at least six months each year in retreat.”
      “For the remainder of the calendar year after 6 o'clock postmeridian October 20.”
yearday
  1. A day or time occurring in a yearly cycle; an annual day, season, or event.
  2. (mathematics) A day of the year.
  3. (dated) An annual remembrance day, the anniversary of a death; a day on which prayers are said for the dead.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The younger children remained at Bytham for a year, and saw their brothers again only at Leicester, on the yearday of Mother's death.”
yearling
  1. An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).
  2. A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The second most expensive yearling on the day was an Indian Charlie colt out of the Dawn Quixote mare Caliente Lace.”
      “The farm is also home to Barbaro's other full brother, a yearling recently named Nicanor.”
      “We kept only yearling males to minimize preexposure to the pathogens used in this study.”
yeartide
  1. (chiefly fantasy) A specific time of year; season.
  2. A specific time each year; anniversary.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Or phylacteries on skulls unyielding, While our river of days flows dark With a yeartide of days, a yeartide of nights Unhallowed, unhallowed?”
      “There will be a tourney in three days, as always at Yeartide. You could enter those events at which you may excel.”
yeartime
  1. A time of the year; a season.
  2. A year's time; the space of time equivalent to a year.
yearhundred
  1. (very rare, nonstandard) A period of a hundred consecutive years; a century.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “According to archaeologists, the civilization thrived for a yearhundred before its decline.”
yearthousand
  1. (very rare, nonstandard) A millennium: a period of a thousand years.
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yearly
  1. Something that is published once a year.
yearsman
  1. Someone employed for the period of one year.
yearful
  1. The amount that occurs in a year.
yeare
  1. Obsolete spelling of year
years
  1. plural of year.
  2. (colloquial, hyperbolic) A very long time.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Well, hello there. I haven't seen you in years.”
      “Never before in my years have I seen ministers move motions to reduce their own salaries.”
      “It is unfortunate that employers exhibit a reluctance to hire this man due to his advanced years.”
yearthousands
yearhundreds
yearsmen
  1. plural of yearsman
yearlings
  1. plural of yearling
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Send yearlings to the feedlot early and curtail replacement heifer production for a year.”
      “To successfully graze and grow yearlings, a combination of very high quality winter and summer grasses must be available.”
      “Compared with the HPS, more weaned heifers and fewer bred yearlings were sold when heifer development costs were increased.”
yeartimes
  1. plural of yeartime
yeartides
yeardays
yearfuls
  1. plural of yearful
yearlies
  1. plural of yearly
yeares
  1. plural of yeare
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