year

1. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days (synset 115228587)
   "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
   is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
   subtypes:

   • christian year, church year - the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons
   • holy year - (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years)
   • new year - the calendar year just begun
   • 365 days, common year - a year that is not a leap year
   • 366 days, bissextile year, intercalary year, leap year - a calendar year with an extra day added in February
   • off year - a year in which no major political elections are held
   • off year - a year in which productivity is low or inferior
   • calendar year, civil year - the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
   • financial year, fiscal year - any accounting period of 12 months
   • annum - (Latin) year
   • year of grace - any year of the Christian era
   • y2k - the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar
   is a part of: decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years
   same as: twelvemonth, yr
2. A period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity (synset 115229093)
   "a school year"
   is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
   subtypes: academic year, school year - the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying
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 (synset 115226340)
   "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
   is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
   subtypes:

   • anomalistic year - time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec
   • astronomical year, equinoctial year, solar year, tropical year - the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
   • lunar year - a period of 12 lunar months
   • sidereal year - the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars
   has:

   • month - a time unit of approximately 30 days
   • season, time of year - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
4. A body of students who graduate together (synset 108255581)
   "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
   is a type of: assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
   subtypes:

   • graduating class - the body of students who graduate together this year
   • senior class - final grade or class in high school or college
   • junior class - penultimate class in high school or college
   • sophomore class - the second class in a four-year college or high school
   • freshman class - the first class in college or high school
   same as: class

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