year

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year S1 W1 /jɪə, jɜː $ jɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑year; adverb: ↑yearly; adjective: ↑yearly]
[Language: Old English; Origin: gear]
1. 12 MONTHS a period of about 365 days or 12 months, measured from any particular time:
I arrived here two years ago.
We’ve known each other for over a year.
It’s almost a year since Sue died.
Jodi is 15 years old.
a three-year business plan
a four-year-old child
be 12/21 etc years of age (=be 12/21 etc years old) ⇨ ↑financial year, ↑fiscal year, ↑light year, ↑tax year
2. JANUARY TO DECEMBER (also calendar year) a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st:
the year that Kennedy died
in the year 1785
this/last/next year
They moved here at the beginning of this year.
last year’s cup final
She goes there every year.
The museum attracts 100,000 visitors a year.
in the early years of last century ⇨ ↑leap year, ↑New Year
3. years
a) informal a very long period of time SYN ages:
It’s years since I rode a bike.
in/for years
I haven’t been there for years.
It was the first time in years I’d seen her.
b) age, especially old age
a man/woman/person etc of his/her etc years
Gordon is very active for a man of his years.
getting on in years (=no longer young)
4. all (the) year round during the whole year:
It’s warm enough to swim all year round. ⇨ ↑year-round
5. year by year as each year passes:
Business has steadily increased year by year.
6. year after year/year in, year out every year for many years:
Many birds return to the same spot year after year.
7. PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY years [plural] a particular period of time in someone’s life or in history:
the difficult years following the war
Sheila enjoyed her years as a student in Oxford.
8. the school/academic year the time within a period of 12 months when students are studying at a school or university
9. SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY LEVEL especially British English a particular level that a student stays at for one year:
a group of year seven students
in a year
He was in my year at school.
10. first/second etc year British English someone who is in their first etc year at school or university:
The department offers a study skills programme for all first years.
11. musician/player/car etc of the year the musician etc who was voted the best in a particular year
vote/name something ... of the year
The new Renault was voted car of the year.
12. year on year compared with the previous year:
Sales rose by 39 per cent year on year.
13. never/not in a million years spoken used to say that something is extremely unlikely:
Never in a million years did I think we’d lose.
14. the year dot British English informal a very long time ago:
Scientists have been involved in war since the year dot.
15. put years on somebody/take years off somebody to make someone look or feel older or younger:
Tina’s divorce has put years on her.
⇨ donkey’s years at ↑donkey(2)
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)
adjectives
▪ this year She will be eight this year.
▪ next year I might go to law school next year.
▪ last year Last year we spent a lot on the house.
▪ every year They go back to the same resort every year.
▪ the current year The budget for the current year was £13 million.
▪ the coming year (=the year that is about to start) Here are some events to look out for in the coming year.
▪ the past year Over the past year everyone has worked extremely hard.
▪ the previous year They had married the previous year.
▪ the following year The following year he was made captain of the team.
▪ the new year (=used to talk about the beginning of the next year) The report is due at the beginning of the new year.
phrases
▪ the beginning/start of the year They moved here at the beginning of last year.
▪ the end of the year Work should finish around the end of the year.
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 7)
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + years
▪ early years Little is known about his early years. | He remembers the early years of television.
▪ the last/latter/closing years of something He changed his opinion during the last years of his life.
▪ somebody's childhood/teenage years the home in which she spent her childhood years
▪ the war years She worked for the BBC during the war years.
▪ the boom years (=when an economy or industry is very successful) In the boom years, things weren't too bad.
▪ somebody's retirement years He enjoyed his retirement years in Wales.
▪ the Bush/Blair etc years (=when Bush, Blair etc was leader) The rich did very nicely during the Thatcher years.
phrases
▪ in recent years The number of cases has risen dramatically in recent years.
▪ in later years In later years he regretted their argument.
▪ in years gone by (=in the past) The old fort defended the island in years gone by.
COMMON ERRORS
► Do not say 'in ancient years' or 'in the ancient years'. Say in ancient times or long ago.

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year
A year consists of 12 months, 52 weeks, or 365 days.

◎	[jiə:]
※	danh từ
	■	thời gian trái đất dùng để quay một vòng quanh mặt trời, khoảng 365 ngày; năm
	■	(cũng) calendar year khoảng thời gian từ 1 tháng giêng đến 31 tháng mười hai, tức là 365 ngày (hay 366 trong năm nhuận) chia ra 12 tháng; năm; năm lịch
		☆	in the year 1945
			trong năm 1945
		☆	this year
			năm nay
		☆	the year after next
			sang năm nữa
		☆	a good year for cheap vegetables
			một năm rau rẻ mạt (rau được mùa nên giá rất hạ)
		☆	the academic year
			năm học
		☆	the financial/fiscal/tax year
			năm tài chính/tiền tệ/thuế
		☆	first-year students
			các sinh viên năm thứ nhất
		☆	solar year
			năm dương lịch
		☆	lunar year
			năm âm lịch
	■	một thời kỳ 365 ngày liên tục
		☆	it's just a year (today) since I arrived here
			(đến hôm nay) đã đúng một năm từ khi tôi đến đây
		☆	I arrived a year ago (today)
			ngày này năm ngoái tôi đã đến đây
		☆	she's worked there for ten years
			chị ấy làm việc ở đó đã được mười năm
		☆	in a year's time they're getting married
			họ lấy nhau trong khoảng thời gian một năm
		☆	a five-year forecast
			sự dự báo cho năm năm
		☆	in the year one
			vào năm đầu công lịch; (nghĩa bóng) ngày xửa ngày xưa
	■	(số nhiều) tuổi
		☆	twenty years old/of age
			hai mươi tuổi
		☆	a seventy-year-old man
			một cụ già 70 tuổi
		☆	she looks young for her years/for a woman of her years
			bà ấy trông còn trẻ so với tuổi/so với phụ nữ cùng tuổi
		☆	he died in his sixtieth year
			ông ấy từ trần vào tuổi sáu mươi
		☆	the weight of years
			ảnh hưởng của tuổi tác, tuổi già sức yếu
		☆	well on in years
			đứng tuổi
		☆	advanced in years
			già, có tuổi
		☆	to die full of years
			chết già
		☆	old beyond one's years
			già trước tuổi
		☆	to put years on somebody
			làm cho ai già đi
		☆	to take years off somebody
			làm cho ai trẻ ra
	■	(số nhiều) (thông tục) một thời gian dài; lâu rồi; nhiều năm
		☆	I've worked for this firm for years (and years)
			tôi làm việc cho công ty này nhiều năm rồi
		☆	it's years since we last met
			đã lâu rồi kể từ ngày chúng ta gặp nhau lần cuối
	〆	it heaps years on me
		✓	cái đó làm cho tôi chán lắm; cái đó làm phiền tôi
	〆	age/years of discretion
		✓	tuổi khôn lớn, tuổi trưởng thành
	〆	all (the) year round
		✓	quanh năm suốt tháng
			☆	he swims in the sea all year round
				anh ấy tắm biển quanh năm suốt tháng
	〆	donkey's years
		✓	một thời gian rất dài
	〆	man/woman/car... of the year
		✓	người hoặc vật nổi bật trong năm
			☆	TV personality of the year
				nhân vật truyền hình nổi bật trong năm
	〆	not/never in a hundred years
		✓	dứt khoát không bao giờ
	〆	to ring out the old year and ring in the new
		✓	thông báo năm cũ kết thúc và chào mừng năm mới
	〆	the year dot
		✓	cách đây rất lâu
			☆	I've been going there every summer since the year dot
				cách đây rất lâu, tôi thường đến đó mỗi mùa hè
	〆	the turn of the year/century
		✓	xem turn

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  class, twelvemonth, yr