Meaning of year in English

for a man/woman/person of his/her years
for years
from/since the year dot
in/through all the years
of the year
put years on sb
take years off sb
year in, year out

-year

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used to refer to a student in a particular year group at a school, college, or university:

I like teaching the first-years, but the second-years can be difficult.

a first-year student

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(Definition of year from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

year | American Dictionary

year

noun [ C ]

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any period of twelve months, or a particular period of twelve months beginning with January 1:

last/next year

She brought along her eight-year-old daughter.

My parents have been married for 30 years.

Richard earned his degree in the year 1995.

You can get cheaper fares now, so it’s a good time of year to travel abroad.

In a school, a year refers to the part of the year during which courses are taught:

September is the start of the new academic year.

Idioms

in years

year in and year out

(Definition of year from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

year | Business English

year

noun [ C ]

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(also calendar year)

a period of 365 or 366 days, starting on January 1st and ending on December 31st:

The project took five years to complete.

last/next/this year

the following/previous year

a period of twelve months relating to a particular activity:

He earns $68,000 a year.

years

a long time:

It's taken years to get funding for the project.

He's been doing the same job for years.

of the year

a thing or person of the year is one that has been chosen as the best in a particular area or activity for that year:

She won the Business Woman of the Year award in 2010.

year after year

every year for a long period:

The fund produces terrific results year after year.

year by year

if something increases, develops, etc. year by year, it happens each year over a period of time:

Savers should monitor their funds year by year.

Credit card fraud is still increasing on a year-by-year basis.

year in, year out

if something happens year in, year out, it has been happening for a while and is expected to continue in the same way:

Investors should choose a fund that does consistently well year in, year out.

Examples of year

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All age groups were affected and the median age was 39 years (range 1-89 years) ; 52 % were men.

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The mean age of the 45 patients was 29.0 years (range 1-77 years).

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All age groups (nine children, five adults) were affected (mean 24 years, range 1.5-75 years).

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Over the next sixteen years, only 83 men appear, from no more than 56 families.

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The level of effective coverage at 2 years is shown on the x-axis.

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The mean age of patients was 68.6 years (median .0 years, range 0-101 years) and 53 % (2490/4718) 75 were aged >50 years.

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Median age was 38 years (range 0- 96 years).

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The response among young male adults aged 20 -24 years was particularly poor (y20 %).