ˈyir. 1. a. : the period of about 3651/4 solar days required for one revolution of the earth around the sun. b. : the time required for the apparent sun to return to an arbitrary fixed or moving reference point in the sky. c. : the time in which a planet completes a …

noun. a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year, or civil year ).Compare common year, leap year. a period of approximately the same length in other calendars.

a period of twelve months, especially from 1 January to 31 December: Annette worked in Italy for two years. 2005 was one of the worst years of my life. We went to Egypt on holiday last year. …

A year is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility.

year - a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year". period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period".

A period of more or less the same length in other calendars. The period (365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds of mean solar time) spent by the sun in making its apparent passage from vernal equinox to vernal equinox: the year of the seasons. A period of 12 lunar months, as in the Jewish calendar.

Synonyms for YEAR: day, period, time, cycle, era, generation, while, age, epoch, date

This is to keep our current calendar aligned with the solar year and astronomical seasons marked by equinoxes and solstices. The 12 Months. The Gregorian calendar consists of the following 12 months: January - 31 days; February - 28 days in a common year and 29 days in leap years; March - 31 days; April - 30 days; May - 31 days; June - 30 days; July - 31 days; August - 31 days

A common year (non-leap year) is shorter than a tropical year, which is the time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. A leap year is a little longer. Leap Years Have an Extra Day. Leap years are years where an extra day is added to the end of the shortest month, February. This so-called intercalary day, February 29, is commonly referred to as leap day.

How many Hours are in a Year? Hours in a year calculation Gregorian calendar year. One calendar common year has 365 days: 1 common year = 365 days = (365 days) × (24 hours/day) = 8760 hours. One calendar leap year has 366 days - occures every 4 years, when February has 29 days: 1 leap year = 366 days = (366 days) / (24 hours/day) = 8784 hours