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Year Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Year
(n.)
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
(n.)
The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
(n.)
Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
(n.)
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
(n.)
The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
(n.)
Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
| WordNet 2.0 |
year
Noun
1. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
(synonym) twelvemonth, yr
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) church year, Christian year
(part-holonym) decade, decennary, decennium
2. a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) school year, academic year
3. 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"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) anomalistic year
(part-meronym) month
4. a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
(synonym) class
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) graduating class
Noun
1. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
(synonym) twelvemonth, yr
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) church year, Christian year
(part-holonym) decade, decennary, decennium
2. a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) school year, academic year
3. 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"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) anomalistic year
(part-meronym) month
4. a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
(synonym) class
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) graduating class
| The Devil's Dictionary |
YEAR
Year, (n.)
A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
Year, (n.)
A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
| The Phrase Finder |
Donkey's years
Meaning
A very long time.
Origin
May be an example of rhyming slang, i.e. donkey's ears = years.
Meaning
A very long time.
Origin
May be an example of rhyming slang, i.e. donkey's ears = years.
| Australian Slang |
Donkey's years
very long time
very long time
Go off like Chinese New Year
go wild
In the year dot
a very long time ago
Light years
very long time: “light years ahead”
Preparatory year
kindergarten
| Anagram |
year
eyra aery
eyra aery
| hEnglish - advanced version |
year
year
\year\ (?), n. [oe. yer, yeer, &yogh;er, as. ge?r; akin to ofries. i&?;r, g&?;r, d. jaar, ohg. jār, g. jahr, icel. ār, dan. aar, sw. ?r, goth. j&?;r, gr. &?; a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, &?; a year, zend yāre year. ?4, 279. cf. hour, yore.]
1. the time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. in common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to february on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see bissextile). of twenty year of age he was, i guess.
note: the civil, or legal, year, in england, formerly commenced on the 25th of march. this practice continued throughout the british dominions till the year 1752.
2. the time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of jupiter or of saturn.
3. pl. age, or old age; as, a man in years.
similar words(48)
intercalary year
year-round
theban year
year-around
intercalary lunar year
vague year
lunisolar year
common lunar year
enneatical year
half year
julian year
common year
sabbatical year
mohammedan year
light year
bissextile year
every year
gregorian year
third-year
gode-year
platonic year
great year
leap year
equinoctial year
fiscal year
anomalistic year
new year
year of grace
year 2000
year and a day
new-year
embolismic year
sidereal year
emergent year
tropic year
tropical year
two-year
time of year
lunar year
lunar astronomical year
canicular year
civil year
each year
year-end
periodical year
astronomical year
cycle or year
moon year
year
\year\ (?), n. [oe. yer, yeer, &yogh;er, as. ge?r; akin to ofries. i&?;r, g&?;r, d. jaar, ohg. jār, g. jahr, icel. ār, dan. aar, sw. ?r, goth. j&?;r, gr. &?; a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, &?; a year, zend yāre year. ?4, 279. cf. hour, yore.]
1. the time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. in common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to february on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see bissextile). of twenty year of age he was, i guess.
note: the civil, or legal, year, in england, formerly commenced on the 25th of march. this practice continued throughout the british dominions till the year 1752.
2. the time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of jupiter or of saturn.
3. pl. age, or old age; as, a man in years.
similar words(48)
intercalary year
year-round
theban year
year-around
intercalary lunar year
vague year
lunisolar year
common lunar year
enneatical year
half year
julian year
common year
sabbatical year
mohammedan year
light year
bissextile year
every year
gregorian year
third-year
gode-year
platonic year
great year
leap year
equinoctial year
fiscal year
anomalistic year
new year
year of grace
year 2000
year and a day
new-year
embolismic year
sidereal year
emergent year
tropic year
tropical year
two-year
time of year
lunar year
lunar astronomical year
canicular year
civil year
each year
year-end
periodical year
astronomical year
cycle or year
moon year
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
year
b(h)liain f., bliadhain f.
this year: i mbliana
(the) coming/New year: an Bhliain Nua, an Aithbhliadhain
Happy New Year: Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise
b(h)liain f., bliadhain f.
this year: i mbliana
(the) coming/New year: an Bhliain Nua, an Aithbhliadhain
Happy New Year: Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Blwydd
Blwydd = n. a year; a budding
Blwydd = n. a year; a budding
Blwyddyn
Blwyddyn = n. a year
Blynedd
Blynedd = n. a year
Eleni
Eleni = n. this year, ad this year
Ellynedd
Ellynedd = n. the last year
Erllynedd
Erllynedd = adv. since last year
Llynedd
Llynedd = n. the preceding year
Yleni
Yleni = n. and adv. this year
Yllynedd
Yllynedd = n. and adv. last year
Year Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Year
Year There are several years -- the sidereal, tropical, lunar, and others -- known to astronomy and calendrical science. Among nations we find numerous artificial years used for purposes of adapting civil requirements to celestial necessities, or for carrying out particular methods of computation: e.g., the year of 365 days, the Julian year of 365 1/4 days, an ancient Mexican year of 260 days, and a variety of Hindu years. There is also the occult year of 360 days, which may be looked upon as a year based upon a deep knowledge of astronomy and celestial principles. The year of 360 days may likewise be considered as an average, i.e., the year which the earth hovers around and attempts through the evolving cycles of time to attain and to hold. The lunar year of twelve lunations has been widely used in ancient times, and is still used by some nations; and there is a large number of intercalary devices for accommodating this to the solar year. Blavatsky speaks of years of six months and of two months (SD 2:621), and uses the word year as synonymous with cycle as applicable to various periods, known or secret, and even to so long a cycle as that of the precession.
The solstices and equinoxes are found in history as starting points for the year among different nations. Our own was intended for the winter solstice, but confusions of the calendar have shifted the date. The 4th of January is mentioned in theosophical writings as being the right time for the beginning of the civil year, as marking the date of the first full moon after a winter solstice coincident with a new moon. This has relation to initiatory rites.
to be continue "Year2 "
Year There are several years -- the sidereal, tropical, lunar, and others -- known to astronomy and calendrical science. Among nations we find numerous artificial years used for purposes of adapting civil requirements to celestial necessities, or for carrying out particular methods of computation: e.g., the year of 365 days, the Julian year of 365 1/4 days, an ancient Mexican year of 260 days, and a variety of Hindu years. There is also the occult year of 360 days, which may be looked upon as a year based upon a deep knowledge of astronomy and celestial principles. The year of 360 days may likewise be considered as an average, i.e., the year which the earth hovers around and attempts through the evolving cycles of time to attain and to hold. The lunar year of twelve lunations has been widely used in ancient times, and is still used by some nations; and there is a large number of intercalary devices for accommodating this to the solar year. Blavatsky speaks of years of six months and of two months (SD 2:621), and uses the word year as synonymous with cycle as applicable to various periods, known or secret, and even to so long a cycle as that of the precession.
The solstices and equinoxes are found in history as starting points for the year among different nations. Our own was intended for the winter solstice, but confusions of the calendar have shifted the date. The 4th of January is mentioned in theosophical writings as being the right time for the beginning of the civil year, as marking the date of the first full moon after a winter solstice coincident with a new moon. This has relation to initiatory rites.
to be continue "Year2 "
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Year
Heb. shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" (Gen. 1:14; 5:3). Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days each, with five days added to make it a complete revolution of the earth round the sun. The Jews reckoned the year in two ways, (1) according to a sacred calendar, in which the year began about the time of the vernal equinox, with the month Abib; and (2) according to a civil calendar, in which the year began about the time of the autumnal equinox, with the month Nisan. The month Tisri is now the beginning of the Jewish year.
Heb. shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" (Gen. 1:14; 5:3). Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days each, with five days added to make it a complete revolution of the earth round the sun. The Jews reckoned the year in two ways, (1) according to a sacred calendar, in which the year began about the time of the vernal equinox, with the month Abib; and (2) according to a civil calendar, in which the year began about the time of the autumnal equinox, with the month Nisan. The month Tisri is now the beginning of the Jewish year.
| Smith's Bible Dictionary |
Year
the highest ordinary division of time. Two years were known to, and apparently used by, the Hebrews.
→ A year of 360 days appears to have been in use in Noah's time.
→ The year used by the Hebrews from the time of the exodus may: be said to have been then instituted, since a current month, Abib, on the 14th day of which the first Passover was kept, was then made the first month of the year. The essential characteristics of this year can be clearly determined, though we cannot fix those of any single year. It was essentially solar for the offering of productions of the earth, first-fruits, harvest produce and ingathered fruits, was fixed to certain days of the year, two of which were in the periods of great feasts, the third itself a feast reckoned from one of the former days. But it is certain that the months were lunar, each commencing with a new moon. There must therefore have been some method of adjustment. The first point to be decided is how the commencement of each gear was fixed. Probably the Hebrews determined their new year's day by the observation of heliacal or other star-risings or settings known to mark the right time of the solar year. It follows, from the determination of the proper new moon of the first month, whether by observation of a stellar phenomenon or of the forwardness of the crops, that the method of intercalation can only have been that in use after the captivity,-the addition of a thirteenth month whenever the twelfth ended too long before the equinox for the offering of the first-fruits to be made at the time fixed. The later Jews had two commencements of the year, whence it is commonly but inaccurately said that they had two years, the sacred year and the civil. We prefer to speak of the sacred and civil reckonings. The sacred reckoning was that instituted at the exodus, according to which the first month was Abib; by the civil reckoning the first month was the seventh. The interval between the two commencements was thus exactly half a year. It has been supposed that the institution at the time of the exodus was a change of commencement, not the introduction of a new year, and that thenceforward the year had two beginnings, respectively at about the vernal and the autumnal equinox. The year was divided into-
→ Seasons . Two seasons are mentioned in the Bible, "summer" and "winter." The former properly means the time of cutting fruits, the latter that, of gathering fruits; they are therefore originally rather summer and autumn than summer and winter. But that they signify ordinarily the two grand divisions of the year, the warm and cold seasons, is evident from their use for the whole year in the expression "summer and winter." (Psalms 74:17; Zechariah 14:18)
→ Months . See: MONTHS
→ Weeks . See: WEEKS
the highest ordinary division of time. Two years were known to, and apparently used by, the Hebrews.
→ A year of 360 days appears to have been in use in Noah's time.
→ The year used by the Hebrews from the time of the exodus may: be said to have been then instituted, since a current month, Abib, on the 14th day of which the first Passover was kept, was then made the first month of the year. The essential characteristics of this year can be clearly determined, though we cannot fix those of any single year. It was essentially solar for the offering of productions of the earth, first-fruits, harvest produce and ingathered fruits, was fixed to certain days of the year, two of which were in the periods of great feasts, the third itself a feast reckoned from one of the former days. But it is certain that the months were lunar, each commencing with a new moon. There must therefore have been some method of adjustment. The first point to be decided is how the commencement of each gear was fixed. Probably the Hebrews determined their new year's day by the observation of heliacal or other star-risings or settings known to mark the right time of the solar year. It follows, from the determination of the proper new moon of the first month, whether by observation of a stellar phenomenon or of the forwardness of the crops, that the method of intercalation can only have been that in use after the captivity,-the addition of a thirteenth month whenever the twelfth ended too long before the equinox for the offering of the first-fruits to be made at the time fixed. The later Jews had two commencements of the year, whence it is commonly but inaccurately said that they had two years, the sacred year and the civil. We prefer to speak of the sacred and civil reckonings. The sacred reckoning was that instituted at the exodus, according to which the first month was Abib; by the civil reckoning the first month was the seventh. The interval between the two commencements was thus exactly half a year. It has been supposed that the institution at the time of the exodus was a change of commencement, not the introduction of a new year, and that thenceforward the year had two beginnings, respectively at about the vernal and the autumnal equinox. The year was divided into-
→ Seasons . Two seasons are mentioned in the Bible, "summer" and "winter." The former properly means the time of cutting fruits, the latter that, of gathering fruits; they are therefore originally rather summer and autumn than summer and winter. But that they signify ordinarily the two grand divisions of the year, the warm and cold seasons, is evident from their use for the whole year in the expression "summer and winter." (Psalms 74:17; Zechariah 14:18)
→ Months . See: MONTHS
→ Weeks . See: WEEKS
| Webart Magic Astronomical Glossary |
Year
The period of time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun (365 days).
The period of time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun (365 days).
Year Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WEATHER&METEOROLOGY |
YEAR
The interval required for the earth to complete one revolution around the sun. A sidereal year, which is the time it take for the earth to make one absolute revolution around the sun, is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 9.5 seconds. The calendar year begins at 12 o'clock midnight local time on the night of December 31st-January 1st. Currently, the Gregorian calendar of 365 days is used, with 366 days every four years, a leap year. The tropical year, also called the mean solar year, is dependent on the seasons. It is the interval between two consecutive returns of the sun to the vernal equinox. In 1900, that took 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, and it is decreasing at the rate of 0.53 second per century.
The interval required for the earth to complete one revolution around the sun. A sidereal year, which is the time it take for the earth to make one absolute revolution around the sun, is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 9.5 seconds. The calendar year begins at 12 o'clock midnight local time on the night of December 31st-January 1st. Currently, the Gregorian calendar of 365 days is used, with 366 days every four years, a leap year. The tropical year, also called the mean solar year, is dependent on the seasons. It is the interval between two consecutive returns of the sun to the vernal equinox. In 1900, that took 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, and it is decreasing at the rate of 0.53 second per century.
Year Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
year
annus
annus
Year Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JDK Doc(JAVA) |
YEAR
- Static variable in class java.util.Calendar
public static final int YEAR
Field number for get and set indicating the year. This is a calendar-specific value.
- Static variable in class java.util.Calendar
public static final int YEAR
Field number for get and set indicating the year. This is a calendar-specific value.
Year Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Year
tevun
tevun
| English - Klingon |
year
n. DIS - Klingon year
n. tera' DIS - Earth year
n. DIS - Klingon year
n. tera' DIS - Earth year
years ago
n. ben
years from now
n. nem
Year Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Basic Guide to ASL |
Year
The right 'S'
hand, palm facing left, represents the earth. It is positioned atop the left 'S' hand, whose palm faces right, and represents the sun. The right 'S' hand describes a clockwise circle around the left, coming to rest in its original position.
The right 'S'
Year Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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