year

noun

/jɪə(r)/, /jɜː(r)/

/jɪr/

(abbreviation yr)

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(also calendar year)
[countable] the period from 1 January to 31 December, that is 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 months
- Elections take place every year.
- I lost my job earlier this year.
- next/last year
- She died the following year.
- Three million tourists visit Yellowstone every year.
- in the year… She was born in the year 1865.
- in… years The crowd was much smaller than in previous years.
- In the past few years, she has become one of our top-selling authors.
- The museum is open all year round (= during the whole year).
see also leap year, new year
Culture the calendarthe calendarBritain and the US follow the Gregorian calendar, which replaced the Roman Julian calendar in 1752. The year is divided into 12 months, with 30 or 31 days in each month, except February, which has 28 days. An extra day is added to February every fourth year, called a leap year, to keep the calendar in time with the moon. A well-known verse helps people remember how many days there are in each month:“Thirty days hath September,April, June and November.All the rest have thirty-one,Excepting February alone,Which hath twenty-eight days clear,and twenty-nine in each leap year.”The calendar year starts on 1 January, New Year’s Day. The number of each year (2003, 2004, etc.) represents the number of years that have passed since the birth of Jesus Christ. The year 2000 marked the end of the second millennium (= a period of 1 000 years) since Christ was born. The years before Christ are described as BC (= before Christ), for example, 55 BC, or BCE (= before the Common Era). AD (Latin Anno Domini, meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’) or CE (= Common Era) are put before or after the date for the years after Christ's birth, for example, AD 44 or 44 AD, but they are not used with years after about 200 AD. Some cultural and religious groups use different calendars: the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar began during the year 5760 in the Jewish calendar, 1420 in the Islamic calendar and 1921 in the Hindu calendar.The academic year used by schools and colleges in Britain runs from September to July, with short holidays at Christmas and in the spring and a long summer vacation. In the US the academic year runs from August or September to May or June. Many business companies have a financial year (= a period of accounting) that runs from April to the following March. The tax year in the US is the same as the calendar year but the tax year in Britain begins on 5 April. The reason is that in the Middle Ages the calendar year began on 25 March, not 1 January. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, an adjustment was needed and 11 days were removed from September 1752. To avoid being accused of collecting a full year's taxes in a short year, the government made the end of the 1752-3 tax year 4 April.Many festivals are celebrated during the year. Christmas and Easter are the main Christian festivals. Jews remember Passover and Yom Kippur. Ramadan, a month of fasting (= not eating during the day), and Eid ul-Fitr are celebrated by Muslims. Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, takes place in October or November, and the Chinese celebrate their new year in January or February. Special occasions such as Bonfire Night in Britain and Thanksgiving in the US are enjoyed by almost everyone.
Extra Examples
- profit for the current year to 31 December
- the boom years from 1993 to 2000
- the early years of the 21st century
- a peak year for exports
- This year marks the 10th anniversary of her death.
- They had met once the previous year.
- The team has suffered a loss of form since the turn of the year.
- The reforms will be fully implemented by the year 2007.
- The event has not proved popular in past years.
- The death rate in any given year.
- That year saw the explosion of the internet.
- That was in the year of the great flood.
- Over 10 000 people per year are injured in this type of accident.
- I've been waiting for this moment all year long.
- He spent last year trying to get a new job.
- Britain was invaded in the year 1066.
- We're going skiing early in the new year.
- I paint the house every single year.
- It's usually much colder at this time of year.
- She won the race for the third successive year.
- The city tour runs all the year round.
- The global economy means that all types of fruit and vegetables are available throughout the year.
- We aim to do even better in future years.
Topics Timea1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- last
- past
- past
- …
verb + year
- spend
- take
- celebrate
- …
year + verb
- begin
- start
- end
- …
preposition
- by the year…
- during the year
- over the year
- …
phrases
- after all these years
- after all those years
- all year long
- …
See full entry
[countable] a period of twelve months, measured from any particular time
- It's exactly a year since I started working here.
- She gave up teaching three years ago.
- They got married two years later.
- The autobiography could only be published 100 years after his death.
- I hope to retire in two years' time.
- Where do you think you will be five years from now?
- Seeds can live in the soil for many years.
- in the… year (of something) in the first year of their marriage
- in… years Production has declined in recent years.
- His early years were spent in San Francisco.
- We have high hopes for the coming year (= the next twelve months).
- the pre-war/war/post-war years (= the period before/during/after the war)
- I have happy memories of my years in Poland (= the time I spent there).
see also gap year, light year, off year
Extra Examples
- He soon realized that a lot had changed in the intervening years.
- I visited Morocco 20-odd years ago.
- It happened during the Clinton years.
- It took him ten years to qualify as a vet.
- Next month, they celebrate fifty years of marriage.
- Over the past few years, we've made significant changes.
- The book represents three years of hard work.
- The chart shows our performance over the past year.
- The children spent the war years abroad.
- The last year went by in flash.
- We lived there for ten years.
- We worked for five long years on this project.
- We've been friends for over twenty years.
- They're still friends after all these years.
- the golden years of motoring
- In his later years, he drifted away from politics.
- She was born in Spain but spent her formative years in Italy.
Topics Timea1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- intervening
- early
- later
- …
verb + years
- spend
preposition
- during the… years
See full entry
[countable, usually plural] age; time of life
- He was 14 years old when it happened.
- She looks young for her years.
- They were both only 20 years of age.
- a twenty-year-old man
- He died in his sixtieth year.
- She's getting on in years (= is no longer young).
Extra Examples
- She's only ten years old.
- children of tender years
[countable] a period of twelve months connected with a particular activity
- the tax/fiscal year
- the school year
see also academic year, financial year
Extra Examples
- in the next tax year
- during the next academic year
- The academic year runs from October to June.
- He spent his sabbatical year doing research in Moscow.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- last
- past
- past
- …
verb + year
- spend
- take
- celebrate
- …
year + verb
- begin
- start
- end
- …
preposition
- by the year…
- during the year
- over the year
- …
phrases
- after all these years
- after all those years
- all year long
- …
See full entry
[countable] (especially British English) (at a school, etc.) a level that you stay in for one year; a student at a particular level
- in year… We started German in year seven.
- in somebody's year She was in my year at school.
- The project is the work of a group of year-seven pupils.
- The first years do French.
Extra Examples
- We didn't start Latin until year nine.
- Year seven is the first year of secondary school.
- First and second years usually live in college.
- final-year university students
- The language students go abroad in their third year.
Topics Educationa1
years
[plural] (informal) a long time
- It's years since we last met.
- for years They haven't seen each other for years and years.
- in years That's the best movie I've seen in years.
- It's the first time we've met in years.
- over the years We've had a lot of fun over the years.

Word OriginOld English gē(a)r, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jaar and German Jahr, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hōra ‘season’.

Idioms

(further) along/down the road | years down the road

at some time in the future
- There are certain to be more job losses further down the road.
- Will this movie still be funny a few years down the road?

somebody’s declining years

(literary) the last years of somebody’s life

donkey’s (years)

(British English, informal) a very long time
- We've known each other for donkey's years.
- I met him once, but that was donkey’s years ago.
- This technology has been around for donkey's.

man, woman, car, etc. of the year

a person or thing that people decide is the best in a particular field in a particular year
- He was chosen as TV personality of the year.

not/never in a hundred, etc. years

(informal) used to emphasize that you will/would never do something
- I'd never have thought of that in a million years.

of advanced years | somebody’s advanced age

used in polite expressions to describe somebody as ‘very old’
- He was a man of advanced years.
- (humorous) Even at my advanced age I still know how to enjoy myself!

put years on somebody

to make somebody feel or look older
- The illness put years on him.
- His wife's death has put years on him.

the seven-year itch

(informal, humorous) the desire for new sexual experience that is thought to be felt after seven years of marriage

since/from the year dot (British English)

(North American English since/from the year one)

(informal) since a very long time ago
- I've been going there every summer since the year dot.

take years off somebody

to make somebody feel or look younger
- That haircut takes years off her.
- Careful make-up and styling can take years off you.

the turn of the century/year

the time when a new century/year starts
- It was built at the turn of the century.
- The team are unbeaten since the turn of the year.

year after year

every year for many years
- People return year after year.
Topics Timeb2

year by year

as the years pass; each year
- Year by year their affection for each other grew stronger.
Topics Timec2

year in, year out

every yearTopics Timec2

year of grace | year of our Lord

(formal) any particular year after the birth of Christ

year on year

(used especially when talking about figures, prices, etc.) each year, compared with the last year
- Spending has increased year on year.
- a year-on-year increase in spending

单词	year
释义	year noun /jɪə(r)/, /jɜː(r)/ /jɪr/ (abbreviation yr) Idioms jump to other results (also calendar year) [countable] the period from 1 January to 31 December, that is 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 months Elections take place every year. I lost my job earlier this year. next/last year She died the following year. Three million tourists visit Yellowstone every year. in the year… She was born in the year 1865. in… years The crowd was much smaller than in previous years. In the past few years, she has become one of our top-selling authors. The museum is open all year round (= during the whole year). see also leap year, new year Culture the calendarthe calendarBritain and the US follow the Gregorian calendar, which replaced the Roman Julian calendar in 1752. The year is divided into 12 months, with 30 or 31 days in each month, except February, which has 28 days. An extra day is added to February every fourth year, called a leap year, to keep the calendar in time with the moon. A well-known verse helps people remember how many days there are in each month:“Thirty days hath September,April, June and November.All the rest have thirty-one,Excepting February alone,Which hath twenty-eight days clear,and twenty-nine in each leap year.”The calendar year starts on 1 January, New Year’s Day. The number of each year (2003, 2004, etc.) represents the number of years that have passed since the birth of Jesus Christ. The year 2000 marked the end of the second millennium (= a period of 1 000 years) since Christ was born. The years before Christ are described as BC (= before Christ), for example, 55 BC, or BCE (= before the Common Era). AD (Latin Anno Domini, meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’) or CE (= Common Era) are put before or after the date for the years after Christ's birth, for example, AD 44 or 44 AD, but they are not used with years after about 200 AD. Some cultural and religious groups use different calendars: the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar began during the year 5760 in the Jewish calendar, 1420 in the Islamic calendar and 1921 in the Hindu calendar.The academic year used by schools and colleges in Britain runs from September to July, with short holidays at Christmas and in the spring and a long summer vacation. In the US the academic year runs from August or September to May or June. Many business companies have a financial year (= a period of accounting) that runs from April to the following March. The tax year in the US is the same as the calendar year but the tax year in Britain begins on 5 April. The reason is that in the Middle Ages the calendar year began on 25 March, not 1 January. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, an adjustment was needed and 11 days were removed from September 1752. To avoid being accused of collecting a full year's taxes in a short year, the government made the end of the 1752-3 tax year 4 April.Many festivals are celebrated during the year. Christmas and Easter are the main Christian festivals. Jews remember Passover and Yom Kippur. Ramadan, a month of fasting (= not eating during the day), and Eid ul-Fitr are celebrated by Muslims. Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, takes place in October or November, and the Chinese celebrate their new year in January or February. Special occasions such as Bonfire Night in Britain and Thanksgiving in the US are enjoyed by almost everyone. Extra Examples profit for the current year to 31 December the boom years from 1993 to 2000 the early years of the 21st century a peak year for exports This year marks the 10th anniversary of her death. They had met once the previous year. The team has suffered a loss of form since the turn of the year. The reforms will be fully implemented by the year 2007. The event has not proved popular in past years. The death rate in any given year. That year saw the explosion of the internet. That was in the year of the great flood. Over 10 000 people per year are injured in this type of accident. I've been waiting for this moment all year long. He spent last year trying to get a new job. Britain was invaded in the year 1066. We're going skiing early in the new year. I paint the house every single year. It's usually much colder at this time of year. She won the race for the third successive year. The city tour runs all the year round. The global economy means that all types of fruit and vegetables are available throughout the year. We aim to do even better in future years. Topics Timea1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective last past past … verb + year spend take celebrate … year + verb begin start end … preposition by the year… during the year over the year … phrases after all these years after all those years all year long … See full entry [countable] a period of twelve months, measured from any particular time It's exactly a year since I started working here. She gave up teaching three years ago. They got married two years later. The autobiography could only be published 100 years after his death. I hope to retire in two years' time. Where do you think you will be five years from now? Seeds can live in the soil for many years. in the… year (of something) in the first year of their marriage in… years Production has declined in recent years. His early years were spent in San Francisco. We have high hopes for the coming year (= the next twelve months). the pre-war/war/post-war years (= the period before/during/after the war) I have happy memories of my years in Poland (= the time I spent there). see also gap year, light year, off year Extra Examples He soon realized that a lot had changed in the intervening years. I visited Morocco 20-odd years ago. It happened during the Clinton years. It took him ten years to qualify as a vet. Next month, they celebrate fifty years of marriage. Over the past few years, we've made significant changes. The book represents three years of hard work. The chart shows our performance over the past year. The children spent the war years abroad. The last year went by in flash. We lived there for ten years. We worked for five long years on this project. We've been friends for over twenty years. They're still friends after all these years. the golden years of motoring In his later years, he drifted away from politics. She was born in Spain but spent her formative years in Italy. Topics Timea1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective intervening early later … verb + years spend preposition during the… years See full entry [countable, usually plural] age; time of life He was 14 years old when it happened. She looks young for her years. They were both only 20 years of age. a twenty-year-old man He died in his sixtieth year. She's getting on in years (= is no longer young). Extra Examples She's only ten years old. children of tender years [countable] a period of twelve months connected with a particular activity the tax/fiscal year the school year see also academic year, financial year Extra Examples in the next tax year during the next academic year The academic year runs from October to June. He spent his sabbatical year doing research in Moscow. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective last past past … verb + year spend take celebrate … year + verb begin start end … preposition by the year… during the year over the year … phrases after all these years after all those years all year long … See full entry [countable] (especially British English) (at a school, etc.) a level that you stay in for one year; a student at a particular level in year… We started German in year seven. in somebody's year She was in my year at school. The project is the work of a group of year-seven pupils. The first years do French. Extra Examples We didn't start Latin until year nine. Year seven is the first year of secondary school. First and second years usually live in college. final-year university students The language students go abroad in their third year. Topics Educationa1 years [plural] (informal) a long time It's years since we last met. for years They haven't seen each other for years and years. in years That's the best movie I've seen in years. It's the first time we've met in years. over the years We've had a lot of fun over the years. Word OriginOld English gē(a)r, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jaar and German Jahr, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hōra ‘season’. Idioms (further) along/down the road \| years down the road at some time in the future There are certain to be more job losses further down the road. Will this movie still be funny a few years down the road? somebody’s declining years (literary) the last years of somebody’s life donkey’s (years) (British English, informal) a very long time We've known each other for donkey's years. I met him once, but that was donkey’s years ago. This technology has been around for donkey's. man, woman, car, etc. of the year a person or thing that people decide is the best in a particular field in a particular year He was chosen as TV personality of the year. not/never in a hundred, etc. years (informal) used to emphasize that you will/would never do something I'd never have thought of that in a million years. of advanced years \| somebody’s advanced age used in polite expressions to describe somebody as ‘very old’ He was a man of advanced years. (humorous) Even at my advanced age I still know how to enjoy myself! put years on somebody to make somebody feel or look older The illness put years on him. His wife's death has put years on him. the seven-year itch (informal, humorous) the desire for new sexual experience that is thought to be felt after seven years of marriage since/from the year dot (British English) (North American English since/from the year one) (informal) since a very long time ago I've been going there every summer since the year dot. take years off somebody to make somebody feel or look younger That haircut takes years off her. Careful make-up and styling can take years off you. the turn of the century/year the time when a new century/year starts It was built at the turn of the century. The team are unbeaten since the turn of the year. year after year every year for many years People return year after year. Topics Timeb2 year by year as the years pass; each year Year by year their affection for each other grew stronger. Topics Timec2 year in, year out every yearTopics Timec2 year of grace \| year of our Lord (formal) any particular year after the birth of Christ year on year (used especially when talking about figures, prices, etc.) each year, compared with the last year Spending has increased year on year. a year-on-year increase in spending
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