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Commonyear
The correct spelling is year.
How to pronounce year
/jɪə/
nounIPA: /jɪə/
Say it like: Yee-r
The correct spelling is year. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference). For example: "we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago"
Usage Examples
“we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago”
“Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.”
“A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
- 2.(by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
- 3.A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
- 4.A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
- 5.A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
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