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Noun year  has 4 senses
year, twelvemonth, yr - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"--1 is a kind of time of life; time period, period of time, period; time of life; time period, period of time, period
 --1 is a part of decade, decennary, decennium
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 --1 has particulars:|  | sixties, mid-sixties; seventies, mid-seventies; eighties, mid-eighties; nineties, mid-nineties; 1 of 4 senses of year                                                   ; old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood; sixties, mid-sixties; seventies, mid-seventies; eighties, mid-eighties; nineties, mid-nineties; 1 of 4 senses of year | 
 |  | dotage, second childhood, senility; year, twelvemonth, yr; church year, Christian year; Holy Year; New Year; common year, 365 days; leap year, intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year; off year; off year; calendar year, civil year; fiscal year, financial year; annum; year of grace; Y2K; old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood; dotage, second childhood, senility; year, twelvemonth, yr; church year, Christian year; Holy Year; New Year; common year, 365 days; leap year, intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year; off year; off year; calendar year, civil year; fiscal year, financial year; annum; year of grace; Y2K | 
year - a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"--2 is a kind of time period, period of time, period; time period, period of time, period; time period, period of time, period; time period, period of time, period
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year - 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"--3 is a kind of life; time period, period of time, period; life; time period, period of time, period
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class, year - a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"--4 is a kind of gathering, assemblage; gathering, assemblage
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