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English noun: year | |||
| 1. | year (time) a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days | ||
| Samples | She is 4 years old. In the year 1920. | ||
| Synonyms | twelvemonth, yr | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 365 days, 366 days, annum, bissextile year, calendar year, Christian year, church year, civil year, common year, financial year, fiscal year, Holy Year, intercalary year, leap year, New Year, off year, off year, Y2K, year of grace | ||
| Part meronym | decade, decennary, decennium | ||
| 2. | year (time) a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity | ||
| Samples | A school year. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | academic year, school year | ||
| 3. | year (time) the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun | ||
| Samples | A Martian year takes 687 of our days. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anomalistic year, astronomical year, equinoctial year, lunar year, sidereal year, solar year, tropical year | ||
| Part holonym | month, season, time of year | ||
| 4. | year (group) a body of students who graduate together | ||
| Samples | The class of '97. She was in my year at Hoehandle High. | ||
| Synonyms | class | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemblage, gathering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | freshman class, graduating class, junior class, senior class, sophomore class | ||
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