the years beginning 2000

noun

the time during the year when there is teaching at schools, colleges, and universities

abbreviation

used after a date to show that it refers to a time after the birth of Jesus Christ

adjective

happening once a year

adjective

calculated or considered over a period of one year

abbreviation

born: used before the date of someone’s birth in a book, article etc

abbreviation

before Christ: used after a date to show that it refers to a time before the birth of Jesus Christ

abbreviation

before the Common Era: used especially by non-Christians after a date to show that it refers to a time before the birth of Jesus Christ

adjective

happening twice every year

abbreviation

century

noun

a system for measuring the length of a year and dividing it into periods such as weeks and months

noun

the period of time between 1st January and 31st December of a particular year

noun

a period of 100 years, usually counted from a year ending in –00. For example, the 20th century is the period from 1900 to 1999

noun

any period of 100 years

noun

hundreds of years

noun

a period of ten years, especially one beginning with a year that ends in a 0, for example 1990 to 1999

noun

the years from 1980 to 1989

noun

a period of twelve months that a company or organization uses to calculate how much profit it has made and how much it owes. The American word is fiscal year.

noun

a financial year

noun

the system used in many countries for organizing the days of the year into months

adjective

done or happening twice a year

noun

a year that has 366 days instead of 365. Leap years happen every four years, when February has 29 days instead of 28.

noun

the distance that light travels in a year, used as a unit for measuring distances in space

adjective

relating to a millennium

noun

a period of 1,000 years

noun

the beginning of a period of 1,000 years

noun

the years from 2000 to 2009

adverb

for each year

noun

one of four periods of three months that the year is divided into, especially when you are talking about financial accounts

adjective, adverb

done or produced four times a year

noun

the period of the year when students must go to school

noun

an academic year

noun

a year, especially of someone’s age

noun

an old word meaning a ‘year’

noun

a period of 365 days, or 366 in a leap year, divided into 12 months

noun

used about a particular period of time, beginning on 1 January and ending on 31 December, or between the first and last dates on some other calendar

noun

used about the period during which an institution operates, or about the system that it uses for dividing time

adjective

continuing for a year

adjective

done once every year

adjective

happening, continuing, or available through the whole year

abbreviation

year

abbreviation

years

adverb

the years from 1950 to 1959

the years from 1940 to 1949

the years around 1955/1985 etc

the years from 1990 to 1999

the years from 1970 to 1979

the years from 1960 to 1969

used for saying that something happened on the same day in a different year