- year⇄expr. a year and a day, (Law.) a period constituting a term for certain purposes, in order to insure that a full year is completed.
Ex. They shall lose the rights to the estate if they do not claim it within a year and a day of the death of the tes - year⇄expr. stricken in years, advanced in years; old.
Ex. A man well stricken in years (Anthony Trollope). - year⇄expr. year after year, every year.
Ex. Winter fades into spring year after year. - year⇄expr. year by year, with each succeeding year; as years go by.
Ex. Be it your fortune, year by year, the same resource to prove (William Cowper). - year⇄expr. year in, (and) year out, always; continuously.
Ex. You see other girls having splendid times, while you grind, grind, year in and year out (Louisa May Alcott). - year⇄expr. years,
a. age (of a person).
Ex. young in years but old in experience, I hope to live to your years.
b. a very long time.
Ex. I haven't seen him in years.
c. age; period; times.
Ex. years of prosperity. - year⇄year, noun.
1. 12 months or 365 days; January 1 to December 31. Leap year has 366 days.
2. 12 months reckoned from any point.
Ex. I will see you again a year from today. A fiscal year is a period of 12 months at the end of which the acc