how to pronounce year

/jɪɚ/

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year is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of year in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in a single day a year later in 1855 12 …”

meaning of year

A year is a unit of time that is the time it takes for one revolution around the sun.

year frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word year occurs in english on average 737.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.