Years (Noun)
Meaning 1
The time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 2
A prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 3
A late time of life; "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".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The weight of her years was beginning to show on her frail body.
- After decades of heavy smoking, his voice had given out and was showing the ravages of his years.
- She may be feeling her years, but her spirit remained youthful and adventurous.
- He's pushing sixty, but age hasn't caught up with him, despite the telltale grey in his hair, and the weight of his years was well-hidden beneath a sturdy build.
- Years of loneliness and isolation had left him with a heart heavy with the burden of time, and the once-strong lines of his face were now softened with age.