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# year

«year» in Mova's school dictionary: **the time it takes for the Earth to go once around the sun** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (year, years)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A year is the time it takes for the Earth to go once around the sun. A year has 12 months, 52 weeks and 365 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#m1)

2) A leap year has 366 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#m2)

3) A year is also a class at school: «Year 4» (UK, Australia, New Zealand). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#m3)

4) «Years» can mean a long time: «I haven't seen her for years». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: time in years; ages («9 years old»); amounts per year; months × 12. In science: the Earth's orbit around the sun takes a year and gives the seasons. In everyday life: school year, New Year, birthdays once a year. Phrases: «years old», «every year», «last year», «next year», «all year round», «a year ago».

### examples

- Tom is 9 years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x1)
- She saves 100 dollars a year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x2)
- In 3 years he will be 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x3)
- A year has 12 months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x4)
- A year is 365 days, and a leap year is 366 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x5)
- My brother is in Year 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x6)
- We go camping every year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x7)
- The Earth takes a year to travel around the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x8)
- A month passed; a year passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x9)

### note

«He is 9 years old» or «He is 9», not «He has 9 years». «A 9-year-old boy» (no s). Maths: ages grow by the same amount for everyone. «In 3 years» adds 3, «3 years ago» subtracts 3. Trap: amounts per month × 12 give a year; a year is 52 weeks, not 4 × 12 = 48.

### In the corpora

- [A pay rise is an increase in pay; some come each year, others have to be asked for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/12/)
- [If prices rise and pay doesn't, a person is really getting poorer each year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/13/)
- [A deposit for buying a home is often tens of thousands of pounds, and saving for it can take years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/19/)
- [The minimum payment barely covers the interest, so paying only the minimum keeps a debt going for years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/13/)
- [A mortgage is a very big bank loan to buy a house, paid back monthly for 25 years or more with interest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «year» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.