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year

/ˈjɪɚ/noun1 syllable

Year means: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.

Synonyms for year4

noun, as in a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

twelvemonth, yr

noun, as in a body of students who graduate together

class

also used for year

orb

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What does year mean?4

noun

1

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days“she is 4 years old”

2

a body of students who graduate together“the class of '97”

3

a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity“a school year”

4

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”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with year?51

Show 40 near rhymes
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All 51 rhymes for year, grouped by syllable

Year in a sentence

  • Compared with last year, this year's crops are much better.CK
  • As compared with last summer, we haven't had so much rain this year.megamanenm
  • Generally speaking, the weather was mild last year.al_ex_an_der
  • Work hard, or you'll have to take the same course again next year.CK
  • Strangely, the number of students is decreasing each year.mccarras
  • In the course of the past year, prices have doubled.unknown
  • You were in the second year of middle school last year, right?CK
  • Compared with the level of a year ago, the price is sharply lower.unknown

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Forms of year

as a noun

plural
years