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# year

noun (year, years)

«year» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A year is the time it takes for the Earth to go once around the sun. A year has 12 months, 52 weeks and 365 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#m1)
2. A leap year has 366 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#m2)
3. A year is also a class at school: «Year 4» (UK, Australia, New Zealand). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#m3)
4. «Years» can mean a long time: «I haven't seen her for years». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: time in years; ages («9 years old»); amounts per year; months × 12. In science: the Earth's orbit around the sun takes a year and gives the seasons. In everyday life: school year, New Year, birthdays once a year. Phrases: «years old», «every year», «last year», «next year», «all year round», «a year ago».

### Examples

- Tom is 9 years old. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x1)
- She saves 100 dollars a year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x2)
- In 3 years he will be 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x3)
- A year has 12 months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x4)
- A year is 365 days, and a leap year is 366 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x5)
- My brother is in Year 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x6)
- We go camping every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x7)
- The Earth takes a year to travel around the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x8)
- A month passed; a year passed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/#x9)

### Note

«He is 9 years old» or «He is 9», not «He has 9 years». «A 9-year-old boy» (no s). Maths: ages grow by the same amount for everyone. «In 3 years» adds 3, «3 years ago» subtracts 3. Trap: amounts per month × 12 give a year; a year is 52 weeks, not 4 × 12 = 48.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah years are counted in lives of people, and in the cycle of festivals. There is also a seventh "year of release" and the fiftieth "jubilee" year. In the book of Judges years count how long each judge ruled Israel.

**Interpretation.** The Jewish year begins in autumn with Rosh Hashanah, and in the sabbatical year the land rests. The long lives in Genesis are read as a record of generations from Adam on.

### Examples

- And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan. (Torah GEN.5.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/year/#x1)
- And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel. (Torah GEN.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/year/#x2)
- And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. (Torah GEN.11.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/year/#x3)
- And Jephthah judged Israel six years. (Prophets JDG.12.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/year/#x4)
- And he judged Israel seven years. (Prophets JDG.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/year/#x5)
- And he judged Israel twenty years. (Prophets JDG.16.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/year/#x6)

### Note

«He is 9 years old» or «He is 9», not «He has 9 years». «A 9-year-old boy» (no s). Maths: ages grow by the same amount for everyone. «In 3 years» adds 3, «3 years ago» subtracts 3. Trap: amounts per month × 12 give a year; a year is 52 weeks, not 4 × 12 = 48.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «year» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/year/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«year» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/year.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «year» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/year/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«year» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/year.html) on Mova free.