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English - Wordnet 3.0    pronunciation

NOUN (4)

1. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days;
- Example: "she is 4 years old"
- Example: "in the year 1920"
[syn: year, twelvemonth, yr]

2. a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity;
- Example: "a school 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;
- Example: "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"

4. a body of students who graduate together;
- Example: "the class of '97"
- Example: "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
[syn: class, year]