Year - Definition
year
n 1: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4
years old"; "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; "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;
"a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
4: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97";
"she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year]