year

year

W1S1 [jıə, jə: US jır] n

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1¦(12 months)¦

2¦(january to december)¦

3 years

4 all (the) year round

5 year by year

6 year after year/year in, year out

7¦(period of life/history)¦

8 the school/academic year

9¦(school/university level)¦

10 first/second etc year

11 musician/player/car etc of the year

12 never/not in a million years

13 the year dot

14 put years on somebody/take years off somebody

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[: Old English; Origin: gear]

1.) ¦(12 MONTHS)¦

a period of about 365 days or 12 months, measured from any particular time

▪ I arrived here two years ago.

▪ We've known each other for over a year.

▪ It's almost a year since Sue died.

▪ Jodi is 15 years old.

▪ a three-year business plan

▪ a four-year-old child

be 12/21 etc years of age

(=be 12/21 etc years old)

→↑financial year, ↑fiscal year, ↑light year, ↑tax year

2.) ¦(JANUARY TO DECEMBER)¦ also calendar year

a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st

▪ the year that Kennedy died

▪ at the end of the year

▪ She goes there every year.

▪ in the year 1785

▪ this year's cup final

▪ The museum attracts 100,000 visitors a year.

▪ in the early years of last century

→↑leap year, ↑new year

3.) years

a) informal a very long period of time

= ↑ages

▪ It's years since I rode a bike.

in/for years

▪ I haven't been there for years.

▪ It was the first time in years I'd seen her.

b) age, especially old age

a man/woman/person etc of his/her etc years

▪ Gordon is very active for a man of his years.

getting on in years

(=no longer young)

4.) all (the) year round

during the whole year

▪ It's warm enough to swim all year round.

→↑year-round

5.) year by year

as each year passes

▪ Business has steadily increased year by year.

6.) year after year/year in, year out

every year for many years

▪ Many birds return to the same spot year after year.

7.) ¦(PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY)¦

a particular period of time in someone's life or in history

sb's childhood/early/teenage/retirement etc years

▪ those who start to smoke in their teenage years

the war/Depression/boom etc years

▪ the boom years of the 1980's

sb's years in/at sth

▪ during his years in China

sb's years as sth

▪ Sheila enjoyed her years as a student in Oxford.

▪ In later years he turned to writing poetry.

8.) the school/academic year

the time within a period of 12 months when students are studying at a school or university

9.) ¦(SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY LEVEL)¦

especially BrE a particular level that a student stays at for one year

▪ a group of year seven students

in a year

▪ He was in my year at school.

10.) first/second etc year

BrE someone who is in their first etc year at school or university

▪ The department offers a study skills programme for all first years.

11.) musician/player/car etc of the year

the musician etc who was voted the best in a particular year

vote/name sth ... of the year

▪ The new Renault was voted car of the year.

12.) never/not in a million years

spoken used to say that something is extremely unlikely

▪ Never in a million years did I think we'd lose.

13.) the year dot

BrE informal a very long time ago

▪ Scientists have been involved in war since the year dot .

14.) put years on sb/take years off sb

to make someone look or feel older or younger

▪ Tina's divorce has put years on her.

→donkey's years at ↑donkey