years

years

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of years in English

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɪəz/
  • (Wales, General South African, other regions) IPA(key): /jɜːz/
  • (General American) enPR: yîrz, IPA(key): /jɪɹz/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z, -ɜː(ɹ)z

Noun

years

  1. 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.

Noun

years pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, hyperbolic) A very long time.
    It took years for the bus to come.

Synonyms

  • (unusually long time): ages, yonks, for ever, donkey’s years, donkey’s

Anagrams

  • Areys, Ayers, Ayres, Rayes, Reays, Sayer, Sayre, arsey, ayres, eyras, resay, sayer

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