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year
year is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile). Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 6 · 7 senses
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- 1noun
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (See Bissextile).
- 2noun
The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
- 3noun
Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
- 4noun
a body of students who graduate together
"the class of '97"
"she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
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- 5noun
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"
- 6noun
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
"she is 4 years old"
"in the year 1920"
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- 7noun
a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
"a school year"
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