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• Year — Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re year …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Year 5 — can refer to:*The year 5 A.D. of the Gregorian calendar; see 5 *Year Five, the fifth year of education in UK schools …   Wikipedia

• Year — A year (from Old English gēar) is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic. In astronomy, the… …   Wikipedia

• Year 12 — In schools in Northern Ireland Year Twelve or Fifth Form is the twelfth and final year of compulsory education, and the fifth year of Secondary education. Children are generally fifteen when starting classes and sixteen at the end of the school… …   Wikipedia

• year — noun Etymology: Middle English yere, from Old English gēar; akin to Old High German jār year, Greek hōros year, hōra season, hour Date: before 12th century 1. a. the period of about 3651/4 solar days required for one revolution of the earth… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• year — Sidereal Si*de re*al, a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a constellation, a star. Cf. {Sideral}, {Consider}, {Desire}.] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Year and a day — Year Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Year of grace — Year Year, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge[ a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Year-round school — Year round schools are educational institutions based on a schedule that has school throughout most of the calendar year, as opposed to having no school in summer. A motivation is that higher student throughput is accomplished via more effective… …   Wikipedia

• Year-To-Date — is a period starting January 1 of the current year and ending today. Year to date is used in many contexts, mainly for recording results of an activity in the time between today s date and the beginning of either the calendar or fiscal year.In… …   Wikipedia

• Year and a day — can refer to: * the Year and a day rule, a period tied into various legal principles in a number of jurisdictions * A Year and a Day (1998 novel), by Virginia Henley * A Year and a Day (2004 novel), by Leslie Pietrzyk Morrow * A poem by Elizabeth …   Wikipedia