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years
 
Noun year has 4 senses
  1. 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 of life; time period, period of time, period; time of life; time period, period of time, period
    --1 is a part of decade, decennary, decennium
    --1 has parts:
     sixties, mid-sixties; seventies, mid-seventies; eighties, mid-eighties; nineties, mid-nineties; 1 of 4 senses of year ; old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood; sixties, mid-sixties; seventies, mid-seventies; eighties, mid-eighties; nineties, mid-nineties; 1 of 4 senses of year
    --1 has particulars:
     dotage, second childhood, senility; year, twelvemonth, yr; 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; old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood; dotage, second childhood, senility; year, twelvemonth, yr; 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
  2. 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; time period, period of time, period; time period, period of time, period; time period, period of time, period
    --2 has particulars:
     long; month of Sundays; eon, aeon; blue moon; year dot; 4 senses of year ; year; school year, academic year; long time, age, years; long; month of Sundays; eon, aeon; blue moon; year dot; 4 senses of year ; year; school year, academic year
  3. 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     life; time period, period of time, period; life; time period, period of time, period
    --3 has parts:
     month; season, time of year; year; month; season, time of year
     --3 has particulars:
     anomalistic year; solar year, tropical year, astronomical year, equinoctial year; lunar year; sidereal year; year; anomalistic year; solar year, tropical year, astronomical year, equinoctial year; lunar year; sidereal year
  4. 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; gathering, assemblage
    --4 has particulars:
     graduating class; senior class; junior class; sophomore class; freshman class; class, year; graduating class; senior class; junior class; sophomore class; freshman class
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