[ME yere, fr. OE gear; akin to OHG jar year, Gk horos year, hora season, hour]
Появление:
(bef. 12c)
Определение:
1 a: the period of about 365 1/4 solar days required for one revolution of the earth around the sun b: the time required for the apparent sun to return to an arbitrary fixed or moving reference point in the sky c: the time in which a planet completes a revolution about the sun <a ~ of Jupiter> 2 a: a cycle in the Gregorian calendar of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months beginning with January and ending with December b: a period of time equal to one year of the Gregorian calendar but beginning at a different time 3: a calendar year specified usu. by a number <died in the ~ 1900> 4 pl: a time or era having a special significance <their glory ~s> 5 a: 12 months that constitute a measure of age or duration <her 21st ~>--often used in combination <a year-old child> b pl: age <an adult in ~s but a child in understanding>; also: the final stage of the normal life span 6: a period of time (as the usu. nine-month period in which a school is in session) other than a calendar year