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Definition of year:

• part of speech: (noun)

  Time in which the earth goes round the sun; 12 months or 365 days.

• part of speech: (noun)

  The period of time determined by one revolution of the earth round the sun, which it accomplishes in about 365 1/ 4 days; the period commencing on 1st January, and ending 31st December.

Usage examples for year:

“ " It is only within a year or two that I have known of it," replied William. ” Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles, - Mrs. Henry Wood.

“ If you marry me now, you will hate me before the year is over; and, what is worse, I shall hate you. ” A Daughter of the Vine, - Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton.