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English noun: years | |||
| 1. | years (time) a late time of life | ||
| Samples | Old age is not for sissies. He's showing his years. Age hasn't slowed him down at all. A beard white with eld. On the brink of geezerhood. | ||
| Synonyms | age, eld, geezerhood, old age | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | time of life | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dotage, second childhood, senility | ||
| Part holonym | eighties, mid-eighties, mid-nineties, mid-seventies, mid-sixties, nineties, seventies, sixties | ||
| 2. | years (time) a prolonged period of time | ||
| Samples | We've known each other for ages. I haven't been there for years and years. | ||
| Synonyms | age, long time | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aeon, blue moon, eon, month of Sundays, year dot | ||
| 3. | years (time) the time during which someone's life continues | ||
| Samples | The monarch's last days. In his final years. | ||
| Synonyms | days | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | life | ||
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