The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, particularly a tropical, sidereal, or anomalistic year.

(idiomatic, Britain, Ireland) A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.

a year chosen for comparison with other years, in statistical analysis and various indices, such as a price index. It usually has an arbitrary value of 100 to make percentage comparisons easier. A new base year can be chosen as the years progress.

plural of year 2000 problem

plural of Chinese New Year

A storm of such force that it occurs only once every one hundred years approximately.

plural of hundred-year storm

An annual holiday of several cultures that marks the beginning of a new year according to a lunar or lunisolar calendar, as opposed to a new year dictated by a solar calendar such as the Julian or Gregorian calendars.

A method of interpretation of Bible prophecy in which the word day is considered to be symbolic of a year of actual time.

(historical) A war fought between 1754 and 1763 between almost every European great power of the time, partly over colonies and partly over Austria's desire to recover Silesia from the Prussians. The main conflict occurred in the seven-year period from 1756 to 1763.