year · ​. (also calendar year) · ​. [countable] a period of twelve months, measured from any particular time · ​. [countable, usually plural] age; time of life · ​. Gap year · New Year · Leap year · Year end

year · 1(also calendar year) [countable] the period from January 1 to December 31, that is 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 months in the year 1865 I lost my job ...

Where does the noun year come from? ... The earliest known use of the noun year is in the Old English period (pre-1150). year is a word inherited from Germanic.

1New Year [uncountable] January 1, or the first few days of the year Happy New Year! We're going to Germany for Christmas and New Year. Definitions on the go.

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year end noun (also year's end) [uncountable] the end of the year We will discuss additional budget cuts at year end.

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