A year is a long time made of 365 days. Sometimes it has 366 days. People use it to count time.
I go to school every year.
She was born last year.
A year can mean the school time from start to end. It shows when students learn and study at school or university.
The year starts in September at school.
Our year ends in June this year.
In business, a year means 12 months used for money and taxes. It may not start in January.
The company’s year ends in December.
Our year budget is calculated carefully.
Some people use year for star signs or astrology cycles. This shows time by the stars.
My sign changes every year in astrology.
The year of the dragon begins soon.
Year can also mean a time when events happen regularly every 12 months, like farming or festivals.
This year we have a big harvest.
The year brings many changes.
Sometimes year means many things that happened in a long time. It shows memory or history.
I remember that year very well.
She changed a lot in that year.
As a verb, year is old-fashioned and means to last or continue for one year. It is rarely used.
The treaty yeared through many challenges.
Their friendship yeared beyond time.