year

“a Martian year takes 687 of our days”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; anomalistic year
time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec; astronomical year, equinoctial year, solar year, tropical year
the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes; lunar year
a period of 12 lunar months; sidereal year
the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars

“she is 4 years old”

“in the year 1920”

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; Christian year, church year
the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons; Holy Year
(Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years); New Year
the calendar year just begun; 365 days, common year
a year that is not a leap year; 366 days, bissextile year, intercalary year, leap year
in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400; off year
a year in which no major political elections are held; off year
a year in which productivity is low or inferior; calendar year, civil year
the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar; financial year, fiscal year
any accounting period of 12 months; annum
(Latin) year; year of grace
any year of the Christian era; Y2K
the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar; date
the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred

“a school year”

Types:: academic year, school year
the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying

“she was in my year at Hoehandle High”

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; graduating class
the body of students who graduate together this year; senior class
final grade or class in high school or college; junior class
penultimate class in high school or college; sophomore class
the second class in a four-year college or high school; freshman class
the first class in college or high school

DEFINITIONS OF: year