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year [jɪəʳ] N

2. year (age, time of life):

year
[življenjsko] leto n
a two-year-old child
dveletnik

3. year inf pl:

(indefinite time) years
leta n pl
year in, year out
vsako leto znova
for years (since a long time ago)
leta [in leta]
for years (for a long time)
že leta [in leta]
over the years
čez leta

ˈgap year N

last ˈyear ADJ pred

ˈleap year N

ˈlight year N

1. light year ASTRON:

light year
svetlobno leto n

2. light year inf (long distance):

to be light years away/ahead
biti daleč proč/naprej

New ˈYear N

New ˈYear's N no pl esp Am inf

ˈtax year N

ˈyear-long ADJ

New Year's ˈDay N

New Year's ˈEve N

Usage examples with years

for years (since a long time ago)
leta [in leta]
to take years off sb
pomladiti koga
in years to come
prihodnja leta
the previous ten years
zadnjih deset let
for two years
dve leti
over the years
čez leta
two years' work
delo dveh let
the second-years
šolarji m drugega letnika
a person of advanced years
oseba v letih
never in a hundred years
nikoli v življenju
he's two years my junior
dve leti je mlajši od mene
to roll back the years
zavrteti čas nazaj
fifteen years of literal hell
petnajst let čistega pekla
he was jailed for twelve years
zaprli so ga za dvanajst let
the memories of her school years
spomini na njene šolske dni
I haven't seen her in years
že leta je nisem videl
to serve five years as president
opravljati petletni predsedniški mandat
to be guaranteed for three years
imeti triletno garancijo
millions and millions of years ago
pred milijoni in milijoni let

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The twosome, who have attempted to keep their not-so-secret relationship under wraps, are rumored to have been dating for the past few years.
theboombox.com
Over many years, realtors, the local newspaper, private pre-schools, and the rumor mill have steered middle class families away from the public schools.
www.huffingtonpost.com
The ratio of persons above the age of 60 years (40.2%) is higher than the national average (21.6%) and the departmental average (28.1%).
en.wikipedia.org
A perpetual usufruct is thus forbidden and perpetual might mean a long, but finite period, such as 99 years.
en.wikipedia.org
They had been in a relationship for twenty years.
en.wikipedia.org
These eels can live up to 30 years.
en.wikipedia.org
But he soon left to work in Burma for two years, leaving her with her in-laws.
en.wikipedia.org
They were only in production for two years, from 1907 to 1909.
en.wikipedia.org
Windows 8 shows the fruit of several quiet years of throwing out the cruft and refactoring vital portions of the software for performance.
www.theregister.co.uk
The adult is long-lived, sometimes living more than three years.
en.wikipedia.org

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