What is "years" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 19-07-2026 by Wikilanguages.net

What does years mean in English? Meaning of years definition and abbreviation with examples.

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Meaning of "years": a late time of life

Meaning: a late time of life

Example: old age is not for sissies he's showing his years age hasn't slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood

Synonyms: age eld geezerhood old age years

Hyponyms: dotage second childhood senility

Hypernyms: time of life

Part Holonyms: eighties mid-eighties mid-nineties mid-seventies mid-sixties nineties seventies sixties

Pronunciation in UK: /ji.ə(ɹ)z/, /jɜː(ɹ)z/

Meaning: a prolonged period of time

Example: we've known each other for ages I haven't been there for years and years

Synonyms: age long time years

Hyponyms: aeon blue moon eon month of sundays year dot

Hypernyms: period period of time time period

Pronunciation in UK: /ji.ə(ɹ)z/, /jɜː(ɹ)z/

Meaning: the time during which someone's life continues

Example: the monarch's last days in his final years

Synonyms: days years

Hypernyms: life

Pronunciation in UK: /ji.ə(ɹ)z/, /jɜː(ɹ)z/