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year

 
 
/jɪər/ noun [C]

Translation

PERIOD OF TIME a period of 12 months, or 365 or 366 days, especially from 1 January to 31 December
yıl
last year/next year He joined the company a year ago.15751573
the academic/financial, etc year the period of a year that is used by universities/businesses, etc to organize their activities
akademik/malî yıl
15751573
be two/twelve/37, etc years old to be a particular age
...yaşında olmak
Her son is six years old.1570
a two-/twelve-/37-, etc year-old someone who is a particular age
...yaşında kimse
1570
STUDENTS UK a group of students who start college or a course together
aynı dönemde/yıllarda okulda olan bir grup öğrenci; devre
He wasin my year at school.1370
years a long time
yıllarca; yıllar yılı
I haven't seen Linda for years. → See also for donkey's years → See also leap year → See also new year1573
(Definition of year noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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