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Twelvemonth

A year which consists of twelve calendar months.

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Narrower term 1

Leap year 76% connected

Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yearly 74% connected

Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Yearly 74% connected

Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 3

Decade 70% connected

A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy.

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Decennary 70% connected

A period of ten years.

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Decennium 70% connected

A period of ten years.

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Synonym 1

Year 92% connected

The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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