year

US /jɪr/

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UK /jə:/

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noun

  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

Examples

We have high hopes for the coming year. She died the following year. We aim to do even better in future years.

A year elapsed before I heard from him again. The last year went by in flash.