Meanings
- pluralplural of year.
1981, May 5 1718-PDT, Jim McGrath, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups: fa.sf-lovers, said with a smile at an awards ceremony in the Pennsylvania state Capitol It will be a shorter book and it will not start four million years ago.
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Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist
- colloquialexcessivepluralplural onlyA very long time.
It took years for the bus to come.
Synonyms: ages, yonks, for ever, donkey's years, donkey's
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very long time.
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years. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/years
“years.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/years. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “years,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/years.
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