"year" Definition

Definitions for the word "year" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
1 time occupied by the earth in one revolution round the sun, approx. 3651/4 days. 2 = *calendar year. 3 period of twelve months, starting at any point (four years ago; tax year). 4 (in pl.) Age, time of life (young for his years). 5 (usu. In pl.) Colloq. Very long time. 6 group of students entering college etc. In the same academic year. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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