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{ "term": "year", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the period from 1 January to 31 December, that is 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 months", "sensetop": "in the year…in… years", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Elections take place every year." }, { "text": "I lost my job earlier **this year**." }, { "text": "**next/last year**" }, { "text": "She died **the following year**." }, { "text": "Three million tourists visit Yellowstone **every year**." }, { "text": "She was born in the year 1865.", "contextForm": "in the year…" }, { "text": "The crowd was much smaller than in **previous years**.", "contextForm": "in… years" }, { "text": "In **the past few years**, she has become one of our top-selling authors." }, { "text": "The museum is open **all year round** *(= during the whole year)*." }, { "text": "profit for the current year to 31 December" }, { "text": "the boom years from 1993 to 2000" }, { "text": "the early years of the 21st century" }, { "text": "a peak year for exports" }, { "text": "This year marks the 10th anniversary of her death." }, { "text": "They had met once the previous year." }, { "text": "The team has suffered a loss of form since the turn of the year." }, { "text": "The reforms will be fully implemented by the year 2007." }, { "text": "The event has not proved popular in past years." }, { "text": "The death rate in any given year." }, { "text": "That year saw the explosion of the internet." }, { "text": "That was in the year of the great flood." }, { "text": "Over 10 000 people per year are injured in this type of accident." }, { "text": "I've been waiting for this moment all year long." }, { "text": "He spent last year trying to get a new job." }, { "text": "Britain was invaded in the year 1066." }, { "text": "We're going skiing early in the new year." }, { "text": "I paint the house every single year." }, { "text": "It's usually much colder at this time of year." }, { "text": "She won the race for the third successive year." }, { "text": "The city tour runs all the year round." }, { "text": "The global economy means that all types of fruit and vegetables are available throughout the year." }, { "text": "We aim to do even better in future years." } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "past"], "verb + year": ["spend", "take", "celebrate"], "year + verb": ["begin", "start", "end"], "preposition": ["by the year…", "during the year", "over the year"], "phrases": [ "after all these years", "after all those years", "all year long" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a period of twelve months, measured from any particular time", "sensetop": "in the… year (of something)in… years", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It's exactly a year since I started working here." }, { "text": "She gave up teaching three **years ago**." }, { "text": "They got married two **years later**." }, { "text": "The autobiography could only be published 100 **years after** his death." }, { "text": "I hope to retire **in** two **years' time**." }, { "text": "Where do you think you will be five **years from now**?" }, { "text": "Seeds can live in the soil **for many years**." }, { "text": "in the first year of their marriage", "contextForm": "in the… year (of something)" }, { "text": "Production has declined in **recent years**.", "contextForm": "in… years" }, { "text": "His **early years** were spent in San Francisco." }, { "text": "We have high hopes for the **coming year** *(= the next twelve months)*." }, { "text": "the pre-war/war/post-war years *(= the period before/during/after the war)*" }, { "text": "I have happy memories of my years in Poland *(= the time I spent there)*." }, { "text": "He soon realized that a lot had changed in the intervening years." }, { "text": "I visited Morocco 20-odd years ago." }, { "text": "It happened during the Clinton years." }, { "text": "It took him ten years to qualify as a vet." }, { "text": "Next month, they celebrate fifty years of marriage." }, { "text": "Over the past few years, we've made significant changes." }, { "text": "The book represents three years of hard work." }, { "text": "The chart shows our performance over the past year." }, { "text": "The children spent the war years abroad." }, { "text": "The last year went by in flash." }, { "text": "We lived there for ten years." }, { "text": "We worked for five long years on this project." }, { "text": "We've been friends for over twenty years." }, { "text": "They're still friends after all these years." }, { "text": "the golden years of motoring" }, { "text": "In his later years, he drifted away from politics." }, { "text": "She was born in Spain but spent her formative years in Italy." } ], "topics": ["Time"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["intervening", "early", "later"], "verb + years": ["spend"], "preposition": ["during the… years"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "age; time of life", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He was 14 **years old** when it happened." }, { "text": "She looks young for her years." }, { "text": "They were both only 20 **years of age**." }, { "text": "a twenty-year-old man" }, { "text": "He died in his sixtieth year." }, { "text": "She's getting on in years *(= is no longer young)*." }, { "text": "She's only ten years old." }, { "text": "children of tender years" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a period of twelve months connected with a particular activity", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the **tax/fiscal year**" }, { "text": "the **school year**" }, { "text": "in the next tax year" }, { "text": "during the next academic year" }, { "text": "The academic year runs from October to June." }, { "text": "He spent his sabbatical year doing research in Moscow." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["last", "past", "past"], "verb + year": ["spend", "take", "celebrate"], "year + verb": ["begin", "start", "end"], "preposition": ["by the year…", "during the year", "over the year"], "phrases": [ "after all these years", "after all those years", "all year long" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a level that you stay in for one year; a student at a particular level", "sensetop": "in year…in somebody's year", "labels": "(especially British English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We started German in year seven.", "contextForm": "in year…" }, { "text": "She was in my year at school.", "contextForm": "in somebody's year" }, { "text": "The project is the work of a group of year-seven pupils." }, { "text": "The first years do French." }, { "text": "We didn't start Latin until year nine." }, { "text": "Year seven is the first year of secondary school." }, { "text": "First and second years usually live in college." }, { "text": "final-year university students" }, { "text": "The language students go abroad in their third year." } ], "topics": ["Education"] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a long time", "sensetop": "for yearsin yearsover the years", "labels": "(informal)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "It's years since we last met." }, { "text": "They haven't seen each other for **years and years**.", "contextForm": "for years" }, { "text": "That's the best movie I've seen in years.", "contextForm": "in years" }, { "text": "It's the first time we've met in years." }, { "text": "We've had a lot of fun over the years.", "contextForm": "over the years" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "at some time in the future", "examples": [ { "text": "There are certain to be more job losses further down the road." }, { "text": "Will this movie still be funny a few years down the road?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the last years of somebody’s life", "labels": "(literary)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a very long time", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "We've known each other for donkey's years." }, { "text": "I met him once, but that was donkey’s years ago." }, { "text": "This technology has been around for donkey's." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a person or thing that people decide is the best in a particular field in a particular year", "examples": [ { "text": "He was chosen as TV personality of the year." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to emphasize that you will/would never do something", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I'd never have thought of that in a million years." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used in polite expressions to describe somebody as ‘very old’", "labels": "(humorous)", "examples": [ { "text": "He was a man of advanced years." }, { "text": "Even at my advanced age I still know how to enjoy myself!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make somebody feel or look older", "examples": [ { "text": "The illness put years on him." }, { "text": "His wife's death has put years on him." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the desire for new sexual experience that is thought to be felt after seven years of marriage", "labels": "(informal, humorous)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "since a very long time ago", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I've been going there every summer since the year dot." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make somebody feel or look younger", "examples": [ { "text": "That haircut takes years off her." }, { "text": "Careful make-up and styling can take years off you." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the time when a new century/year starts", "examples": [ { "text": "It was built at the turn of the century." }, { "text": "The team are unbeaten since the turn of the year." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "every year for many years", "examples": [ { "text": "People return year after year." } ], "topics": ["Time"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "as the years pass; each year", "examples": [ { "text": "Year by year their affection for each other grew stronger." } ], "topics": ["Time"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "every year", "examples": [], "topics": ["Time"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "any particular year after the birth of Christ", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "each year, compared with the last year", "examples": [ { "text": "Spending has increased year on year." }, { "text": "a year-on-year increase in spending" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/jɪə(r)//jɜː(r)/", "audio": "ye/year/year__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/jɪr/", "audio": "ye/year/year__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English gē(a)r, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jaar and German Jahr, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hōra ‘season’." }