years

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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/
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Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z, -ɜː(ɹ)z

Noun

years

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.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
  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.

Noun

years pl (plural only)

(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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