plural of yearful

Alternative form of toyear

(idiomatic, mildly euphemistic) Old; advanced in age.

Compared to the same time period in the previous year.

(idiomatic) During every year; always.

A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February, used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.

A year that is not a leap year.

A period covering the first few days of a calendar year. / In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.

(astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.

A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.