years

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/jɪəz/
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/jɪəz/ · /jɜːz/ · /jɪɹz/

Definition of years

2 senses · 1 part of speech

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of year.
    “1981, May 5 1718-PDT, Jim McGrath, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups: fa.sf-lovers, said with a smile at an awards ceremony in the Pennsylvania state Capitol It will be a shorter book and it will not start four million years ago.”
    “Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.”
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of year.
    “1981, May 5 1718-PDT, Jim McGrath, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups: fa.sf-lovers, said with a smile at an awards ceremony in the Pennsylvania state Capitol It will be a shorter book and it will not start four million years ago.”
    “Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.”
  2. (colloquial, excessive, plural, plural-only)A very long time.
    “It took years for the bus to come.”

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