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first years

first years is the plural of first year.

Meaning of first year

Noun

first year (countable and uncountable, plural first years)

  1. (countable) A first-year student.
    • The obvious topic for this issue is the new first year students. What are they like? It would be easy to say that they seem to be a typical mob of apathetic new students. It would be more correct however, to say that they are simply a typical bunch of first years. They were given one of the best...1969 March 13, Charlie Dickins, “[Editorial]”, in Woroni, volume 21, number 2, Canberra: A.N.U. Students’ Association; Canberra Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., page 2
  2. (Philippines, historical, uncountable) The first year of high school; seventh grade (now grade 7 of junior high school).
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, year.
    • The use of sterilized compost when planting should minimize problems with weeds, at least for the first years.1992, Christopher Brickell, editor, The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening, London: BCA by arrangement with Dorling Kindersley, published 1994, →ISBN, page 207, column 1

Questions about first years

What is first years the plural of?
First years is the plural of first year.

Words near first years in the dictionary

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  8. first-aid boxes
  9. first-aid kit
  10. first-aid kits
  11. first-aider

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