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  YEAR, n.  A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Year
     Heb. shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" (Gen. 1:14;
     5:3). Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve
     months of thirty days each, with five days added to make it a
     complete revolution of the earth round the sun. The Jews
     reckoned the year in two ways, (1) according to a sacred
     calendar, in which the year began about the time of the vernal
     equinox, with the month Abib; and (2) according to a civil
     calendar, in which the year began about the time of the autumnal
     equinox, with the month Nisan. The month Tisri is now the
     beginning of the Jewish year.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sidereal \Si*de"re*al\, a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a
     constellation, a star. Cf. Sideral, Consider, Desire.]
     1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal
        astronomy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars;
        designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the
        same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal
        revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Sidereal clock, day, month, year. See under Clock,
        Day, etc.
  
     Sideral time, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking
        the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a
        transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a
        sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time,
        mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of
        the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
     OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
     Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
     springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
     y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. 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).
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
           commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
           throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
        the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
        perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
        hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
  
     A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
        person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. A
        month's mind, under Month.
  
     Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
  
     Canicular year. See under Canicular.
  
     Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
        computation of time.
  
     Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
        days.
  
     Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
        leap year.
  
     Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
        13 lunar months, or 384 days.
  
     Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
        reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
        settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
  
     Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
  
     Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
        Julian.
  
     Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
  
     Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
        months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
  
     Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
  
     Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
  
     Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
        Sabbatical.
  
     Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
        any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
        hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
  
     Tropical year. See under Tropical.
  
     Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
        act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
        secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
  
     Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
        A. D. or a. d.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
     OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
     Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
     springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
     y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
     1. 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).
  
              Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
  
     Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
           commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
           throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
  
     2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
        the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
  
     3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
  
     Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
        perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
        hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
  
     A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
        person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. A
        month's mind, under Month.
  
     Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
  
     Canicular year. See under Canicular.
  
     Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
        computation of time.
  
     Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
        days.
  
     Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
        leap year.
  
     Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
        13 lunar months, or 384 days.
  
     Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
        reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
        settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
  
     Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
  
     Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
        Julian.
  
     Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
  
     Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
        months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
  
     Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
  
     Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
  
     Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
        Sabbatical.
  
     Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
        any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
        hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
  
     Tropical year. See under Tropical.
  
     Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
        act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
        secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
  
     Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
        A. D. or a. d.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sidereal \Si*de"re*al\, a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a
     constellation, a star. Cf. Sideral, Consider, Desire.]
     1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal
        astronomy.
  
     2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars;
        designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the
        same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal
        revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
  
     Sidereal clock, day, month, year. See under Clock,
        Day, etc.
  
     Sideral time, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking
        the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a
        transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a
        sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time,
        mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of
        the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sothiac \So"thi*ac\, Sothic \Soth"ic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog
     Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular.
  
     Sothiac, or Sothic, year (Chronol.), the Egyptian year
        of 365 days and 6 hours, as distinguished from the
        Egyptian vague year, which contained 365 days. The Sothic
        period consists of 1,460 Sothic years, being equal to
        1,461 vague years. One of these periods ended in July, a.
        d. 139.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  year
       n 1: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4
            years old"; "in the year 1920" [syn: twelvemonth, yr]
       2: a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year
          that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
       3: 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"
       4: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of
          '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  year
     Αγγλικά n.
     χρόνος, έτος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  year
     Scots n.
     (l en year)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  year
     alt.
     1 A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one
  revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the
  point of reference).
     2 (lb en by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object
  (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in
  direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
  around the star.
     3 A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to
  December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the
  Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the
  Islamic calendar.
     n.
     1 A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one
  revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the
  point of reference).
     2 (lb en by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object
  (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in
  direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
  around the star.
     3 A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to
  December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the
  Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the
  Islamic calendar.
     n.
     1 (pronunciation spelling of en here)
     2 (pronunciation spelling of en hear)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  year
     alt.
     1 A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one
  revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the
  point of reference).
     2 (lb en by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object
  (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in
  direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
  around the star.
     3 A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to
  December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the
  Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the
  Islamic calendar.
     n.
     1 A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one
  revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the
  point of reference).
     2 (lb en by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object
  (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in
  direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
  around the star.
     3 A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to
  December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the
  Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the
  Islamic calendar.
     n.
     1 (pronunciation spelling of en here)
     2 (pronunciation spelling of en hear)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  year
     alt.
     1 A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one
  revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the
  point of reference).
     2 (lb en by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object
  (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in
  direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
  around the star.
     3 A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to
  December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the
  Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the
  Islamic calendar.
     n.
     1 A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one
  revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the
  point of reference).
     2 (lb en by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object
  (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in
  direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
  around the star.
     3 A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to
  December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the
  Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the
  Islamic calendar.
     n.
     1 (pronunciation spelling of en here)
     2 (pronunciation spelling of en hear)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  year
     Englanti n.
     vuosi

From Albanian Wiktionary [incomplete] (2016-11-13) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sq-ALL-2016-11-13 ]


  year
     Anglisht n.
     vit

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  year
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=tidsuttryck språk=en) år; den tid det tar för jorden att
  gå ett varv runt solen
     2 (tagg: text=överfört) år; den tid det tar för en planetär
  himlakropp att gå ett varv runt sin stjärna
     3 kalenderår; 365 (eller 366) dagar
     4 Julianskt år; en tidsperiod om exakt 365,25 dagar (''betecknas
  "a"'')
     5 årskurs

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  year /jˈiə/
  jaar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Year /jˈiə/
  السّنة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  year //jøː// //jɜː// //jɪə// //jɪɹ// 
  1. годи́на, година 2.
  a Julian year
   3.
  a period between set dates that mark a year
   4.
  a scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity
   5.
  time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body
   6.
  time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun
  2. клас, курс, година
  a level or grade at school or college

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  year /jˈiə/
  ročník

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  year /jˈiə/
  rok

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  year /jˈiə/
  roce

From English-Danish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.0 : [ freedict:eng-dan ]


  year /jˈiə/ 
  år