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leap year

Word definitions for leap year in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 In the Gregorian calendar, a year having 366 days instead of the usual 365, with the extra day added to compensate for the fact that the Earth rotates approximately 365.25 times for each revolution it makes around the Sun. 2 In the Jewish calendar ...

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 ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Leap Year is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls , who co-stars with Anne Grey , Edmund Breon and Ellis Jeffreys . It was written by A.R. Rawlinson , and produced by Herbert Wilcox . The film was re-released in 1937.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leap year \Leap" year`\n. Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile . Note: Every year whose number is divisible by four without a remainder ...

Usage examples of leap year.

On my first voyage, I had traveled to Day 292,495,934, which-allowing for leap year adjustments-turned out to be a date in the year A.