a year

Definition von a year im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: twelvemonth
year: A level or grade in school or college
The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
year: The time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body
Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
year: {n} the space of twelve calender months
Year: yr
year: el a?o; last year, el a?o pasado
year: If something happens year after year, it happens regularly every year. Regulars return year after year
year: Stored as
year: A school year or academic year is the period of time in each twelve months when schools or universities are open and students are studying there. In Britain and the United States, the school year starts in September. the 1990/91 academic year The twins didn't have to repeat their second year at school
year: The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn
year: For centuries, Egyptians employed two separate calendars: a lunar calendar that spanned 12 lunar cycles (and thus was about 11 days shorter than our solar year) and a 365-day solar calendar that included 12 months, each with three 10-day weeks The 365-day calendar was the world's first calendar based on the true length of the year In 46 BC, Julius Caesar used the Egyptian solar calendar as the basis for a reformed Roman calendar; with minor revisions, this calendar is still used today The solar year began with the appearance of Sirius, around the time of the summer solstice and the onset of the annual flood Believed to the embodiment of the goddess Isis, Sirius was viewed as "a feminine sun that coaxes the Nile out of its source hole to provide life to living people "
year: A period of one revolution of the earth around the sun
year: The year the publication was published
year: If something changes year by year, it changes gradually each year. This problem has increased year by year The department has been shrinking year by year because of budget cuts
year: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
year: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
year: A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a"
year: Age, or old age; as, a man in years
year: A unit of time One year equals the time required (period) for the Earth to complete one orbit around the sun One year equals 365 242 2 days
year: A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar
year: The proposed year of construction for a funded project
year: A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity
year: A year is a period of twelve months or 365 or 366 days, beginning on the first of January and ending on the thirty-first of December. The year was 1840 We had an election last year. the number of people on the planet by the year 2050. see also leap year
year: (optional) The year of publication
year: All forward years are calendar years
year: A year of game time is a standardized unit of time that is constant throughout the universe All distances and star system coordinates are expressed in light years, and all speeds expressed as fractions of the speed of light Thus, for the purposes of mathematical calculations, the speed of light is equal to 1
year: The time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference)
year: Year is used to refer to the age of a person. For example, if someone or something is twenty years old or twenty years of age, they have lived or existed for twenty years. He's 58 years old I've been in trouble since I was eleven years of age This column is ten years old today
year: A financial or business year is an exact period of twelve months which businesses or institutions use as a basis for organizing their finances. He announced big tax increases for the next two financial years The company admits it will make a loss for the year ending September
year: a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year
year: A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; equivalent to the words YEAR OF OUR LORD
year: In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile)
year: A year is any period of twelve months. The museums attract more than two and a half million visitors a year She's done quite a bit of work this past year The school has been empty for ten years
year: You can refer to someone who is, for example, in their first year at school or university as a first year. The first years and second years got a choice of French, German and Spanish
year: means 360 days, for the purpose of complying with the service requirements of this part
year: Heb shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" (Gen 1: 14; 5: 3) Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days each, with five days added to make it a complete revolution of the earth round the sun The Jews reckoned the year in two ways, (1) according to a sacred calendar, in which the year began about the time of the vernal equinox, with the month Abib; and (2) according to a civil calendar, in which the year began about the time of the autumnal equinox, with the month Nisan The month Tisri is now the beginning of the Jewish year
year: Until 1751/52 the year ran from 25th March to 24th March following
year: {i} period of 12 months, period of 365 days
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"
year: emphasis You can use years to emphasize that you are referring to a long time. I haven't laughed so much in years It took me years to fully recover = age see also calendar year, fiscal year
year: the period of time that it takes for a planet as, e
year: TRADITIONAL MODERN YEAR TRADITIONAL MODERN
year: Year valid for the map Validity is almost always based on year of aerial photography, satellite imagery or field checks
year: The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc
year: Factor
year: MONTH STATION
year: Annus magnus The Chaldaic astronomers observed that the fixed stars shift their places at about the rate of a degree in seventy-two years, according to which calculation they will perform one revolution in 25,920 years, at the end of which time they will return to their “as you were ” This revolution of the fixed stars is the annus magnus The Egyptians made it 30,000 years, and the Arabians 49,000 (See Abulhasan's Meadows of Gold ) For a year and a day In law many acts are determined by this period of time- e g if a person wounded does not die within a year and a day, the offender is not guilty of murder; if an owner does not claim an estray within the same length of time, it belongs to the lord of the manor; a year and a day is given to prosecute appeals, etc
year: a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
year: H8141 shaneh, (in plur only), shaw-neh'; or (fem ) shanah, shaw-naw'; from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time): -- + whole age, X long, + old, year (X -ly)
year: n A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments
year: For IFTA fuel tax purposes, the license year is January to December
year: donkey's years: see donkey. Time required for the Earth to travel once around the Sun, slightly less than 365 1 4 days. This fractional number makes necessary the periodic adjustment of days in any calendar that is to be kept in step with the seasons. In the Gregorian calendar, a common year contains 365 days, and every fourth year is a leap year of 366 days except for any year that is divisible by 100 but not divisible by 400 (e.g., 1900 was not a leap year). Year III Constitution of the Year VIII Five Year Plans light year New Year's Day Year 2000 bug Hundred Years' War Seven Years' War Thirty Years' War
year: The year the season occured
year: Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year
year: This is a spell Duration Spells with a Year duration last until the fourth equinox or solstice after casting
year: If you say something happens all year round or all the year round, it happens continually throughout the year. Town gardens are ideal because they produce flowers nearly all year round Drinking and driving is a problem all the year round
year: amount of time it takes the Earth to go around the sun -- " because it is assumed to be the current year " (224)
year: Earth or Mars to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"