1. • noun - a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
   • noun - a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity
   • noun - the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
   • noun - a body of students who graduate together
2. • The period of time during which the earth completes a single revolution around the sun, consisting of 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds of mean solar time.
   • A period approximately equal to a year in other calendars.
   • A period of approximately the duration of a calendar year: We were married a year ago.
   • A sidereal year.
   • A solar year.
   • A period equal to the calendar year but beginning on a different date: a taxreckoning year; a farming year.
   • A specific period of time, usually shorter than 12 months, devoted to a special activity: the academic year.
3. • n - a period of time consisting of 365 or 366 days

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