multi-year

mul·ti-year

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [muhl-tee, -tahy yeer]
- /ˈmʌl ti, -taɪ yɪər/
- /mʌl.ti- jɪə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhl-tee, -tahy yeer]
- /ˈmʌl ti, -taɪ yɪər/

Definitions of multi-year word

noun multi-year a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year. 1
noun multi-year a period of approximately the same length in other calendars. 1
noun multi-year a space of 12 calendar months calculated from any point: This should have been finished a year ago. 1
noun multi-year Astronomy. Also called lunar year. a division of time equal to 12 lunar months. Also called astronomical year, equinoctial year, solar year, tropical year. a division of time equal to about 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds, representing the interval between one vernal equinox and the next. Also called sidereal year. a division of time equal to the equinoctial year plus 20 minutes, representing the time required for the earth to complete one revolution around the sun, measured with relation to the fixed stars. Compare anomalistic year. 1
noun multi-year the time in which any planet completes a revolution round the sun: the Martian year. 1
noun multi-year a full round of the seasons. 1

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Origin of multi-year

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English yeer, Old English gēar; cognate with Dutch jaar, German Jahr, Old Norse ār, Gothic jēr, Greek hôros year, hṓrā season, part of a day, hour

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multi-year popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".