📒 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
📒 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.
📒 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 period of twelve months connected with a particular activity
- the tax/fiscal year
- the school year
- in the next tax year
📒 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.
📒 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.
📒 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?
📒 the last years of somebody’s life
📒 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.
📒 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.
📒 used to emphasize that you will/would never do something
- I'd never have thought of that in a million years.
📒 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!
📒 to make somebody feel or look older
- The illness put years on him.
- His wife's death has put years on him.
📒 the desire for new sexual experience that is thought to be felt after seven years of marriage
📒 since a very long time ago
- I've been going there every summer since the year dot.
📒 to make somebody feel or look younger
- That haircut takes years off her.
- Careful make-up and styling can take years off you.
📒 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.
📒 every year for many years
- People return year after year.
📒 as the years pass; each year
- Year by year their affection for each other grew stronger.
📒 every year
📒 any particular year after the birth of Christ
📒 each year, compared with the last year
- Spending has increased year on year.
- a year-on-year increase in spending