year
n. countablen. a period of 365 days, or 12 months. It is the time it takes for the Earth to go around the sun once.
n. the period of approximately 365.25 days required for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun. Often used to denote a calendar period starting on January 1st and ending on December 31st.
I am going to visit my family next year.
The school year usually begins in September and ends in June for most students in this country.
Economists are predicting a significant shift in the global market by the end of the fiscal year, provided that current trade agreements remain stable and inflation stays low.
From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, spring”). Doublet of hora and hour. Cognates Cognate with Scots year (“year”), North Frisian djooar, iir, Jaar, jeer, juar, jäär (“year”), Saterland Frisian Jíer (“year”), West Frisian jier (“year”), Bavarian Joahr, Jåar, Jåhr (“year”), Cimbrian djar, jaar (“year”), Dutch jaar (“year”), German Jahr (“year”), Limburgish jaor, Johr, Joër (“year”), Low German Johr, Jåhr (“year”), Luxembourgish Joer (“year”), Mòcheno jor (“year”), Swabian Johr (“year”), Vilamovian jür (“year”), West Flemish joar (“year”), Yiddish יאָר (yor), יאָהר (yohr, “year”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish år (“year”), Faroese, Icelandic ár (“year”), Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr, “year”).
Commonly used with 'last', 'this', and 'next' without a preposition (e.g., 'next year' rather than 'in next year').
I saw him in last yearI saw him last yearWhen using 'last', 'this', or 'next' with 'year', the preposition 'in' is omitted.