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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend y[=a]re ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A leap year is a year with an extra day. Leap year may also refer to: Leap Year (1924 film) – American film Leap Year (1932 film) – British film Leap Year (2010 film) – American film Leap Years – a 2001 drama television series The Leap Years – 2008 Singaporean ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400 [syn: intercalary year , 366 days , bissextile year ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Knock! jokes are okay in small doses - like one every second leap year . ▪ The leap year proposal ceremony was conducted near the player's entrance by Ayresome Park disc jockey Mark Page. ▪ This is a leap year , so use that extra ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from leap (v.) + year . So called from its causing fixed festival days, which normally advance one weekday per year, to "leap" ahead one day in the week.