years meaning
EN[ji.ə(ɹ)z] [jɜː(ɹ)z]US
WYears
- NounBFyear
- plural of year.
- (colloquial, hyperbolic) An unusually long time.
- It took years for the bus to come.
- plural of year.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- One study in the US modeled a 54% reduction in nonbacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in adults 65 years and older in states that had achieved over 80% vaccination coverage in children under two years.
- She went from the arms of the football captain to the dry-handed grasp of Mr. Depopolus, who'd retired from the faculty when she was twelve years old.
- Finally, after many years of investigation, the pyramid has yielded up it's most recondite secrets.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- year I was diagnosed with cervical cancer and had to pack in my job as a full-time cleaner as I needed chemo and radiotherapy
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Your deception won't work, no inmate has slipped one past Officer Smith in years.
- To investigate whether early rehabilitation reduces the occurrence of posttotal hip arthroplasty (THA) complications, adverse events, and medical expenses within one postoperative year.
- Do you think she will go out with anyone this year?
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of years in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Noun forms
- Noun plural forms
- Noun plural forms
- Noun forms
- Nouns
- en yearsman
- en yearsmen
- en yearslong
- en yearsworth
- en years to date
Source: Wiktionary