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Noun

year (plural years or (UK colloquial) year)

1. A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
   • we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago

   Synonyms:

   annum

   1. The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.
   2. The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
   3. The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.
   4. The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
   5. The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.

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