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YEARS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time during which someone's life continues
Example:
in his final years
Synonyms:
days; years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("years" is a kind of...):
life (the period from the present until death)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A late time of life
Example:
on the brink of geezerhood
Synonyms:
age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("years" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Meronyms (parts of "years"):
mid-sixties; sixties (the time of life between 60 and 70)
mid-seventies; seventies (the time of life between 70 and 80)
eighties; mid-eighties (the time of life between 80 and 90)
mid-nineties; nineties (the time of life between 90 and 100)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "years"):
dotage; second childhood; senility (mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A prolonged period of time
Example:
I haven't been there for years and years
Synonyms:
age; long time; years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("years" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "years"):
month of Sundays (a time perceived as long)
aeon; eon (an immeasurably long period of time)
blue moon (a long time)
year dot (as long ago as anyone can remember)
Context examples:
It occurs many years following the original infection which remained untreated.
(Neurosyphilis, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuromyotonia usually occurs in people aged 15 to 60 years.
(Neuromyotonia, NCI Dictionary)
Well, I could not have thought it—and he was but two years old when he lost his poor mother!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
For years I have loved her. For years she has loved me.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For years I have been aware of its existence though I have never before had the opportunity of handling it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
These covered a period of many years, but I observed that the entries ceased nearly a year ago and quite abruptly.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
You have been five years with us, and my sister always meant to take you when Mr. Norris died.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Well, Jim, three years have I been here, and not a bite of Christian diet from that day to this.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Changes and symptoms can start several years earlier.
(Menopause, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)
John, my child, you have been my friend now many years, and yet did you ever know me to do any without good cause?
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
