years

n. long time; advanced or old age; general term for time (past, present and future); specific period of time

n. period of 12 months, period of 365 days

A year (from Old English gēr) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit.
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Noun
1. a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
(synonym) old age, age, eld, geezerhood
(hypernym) time of life
(hyponym) dotage, second childhood, senility
(part-meronym) sixties, mid-sixties
2. a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
(synonym) long time, age
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) long
3. the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years"
(synonym) days
(hypernym) life

Noun
1. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
(synonym) twelvemonth, yr
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) church year, Christian year
(part-holonym) decade, decennary, decennium
2. a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) school year, academic year
3. the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) anomalistic year
(part-meronym) month
4. a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
(synonym) class
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) graduating class

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