age; year; harvest
Meanings
3 senses · 7 examplesnoun
a person's age; years of life
literaryOften used in more formal or literary contexts to refer to a person's age, sometimes implying advanced age.
Even though he's getting on in years, he refuses to admit he's old when he works.
You can't tell his real age from the way he talks.
noun
years; era; long passage of time
Refers to a specific period in time or the concept of time's passage.
In the old days, when famine years struck, people had to flee to other places.
Because so many years have passed, everyone has long forgotten about this matter.
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This house is already a hundred years old.
noun
harvest; the yield of a year
dialectA dialectal usage, primarily related to agriculture, referring to the quality or outcome of a year's harvest.
He asked me about the harvest in my hometown.
This year's harvest is good, every household has a good yield.