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Noun year has 4 senses

year, twelvemonth, yr - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
--₁ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₁ is a part of decade, decennary, decennium
--₁ has particulars:

church year, Christian year; Holy Year; New Year; common year, 365 days; leap year, intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year; off year; off year; calendar year, civil year; fiscal year, financial year; annum; year of grace; Y2K

year - a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
--₂ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₂ has particulars: school year, academic year
year - 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"
--₃ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₃ has parts: month; season, time of year
--₃ has particulars:
anomalistic year; solar year, tropical year, astronomical year, equinoctial year; lunar year; sidereal year
class, year - a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
--₄ is a kind of gathering, assemblage
--₄ has particulars:
graduating class; senior class; junior class; sophomore class; freshman class