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In 2004, we had a great year, with Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Tim Bresnan, Luke Wright, Alistair Cook. Some groups are not quite as strong.
Andy Pick

Meaning of "great year" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREAT YEAR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREAT YEAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Great year is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GREAT YEAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Great Year

The term Great Year has a variety of related meanings. It is defined by NASA as "The period of one complete cycle of the equinoxes around the ecliptic, about 25,800 years […] also known as [a] Platonic Year."[1] One complete cycle of the equinoxes here means one complete cycle of axial precession, this precession was known to Plato, who defined the "perfect year" as the return of the celestial bodies and the diurnal rotation of the fixed stars to their original positions, from his studying in Egypt for 13 years.[2] Cicero followed Plato in defining the Great Year as a combination of solar, lunar and planetary cycles [3] Nicholas Campion writes of "periods of History, analogous to the solar year, known as 'Great Years' " [4] Plato's description of the perfect year is found in his dialogue Timaeus And so people are all but ignorant of the fact that time really is the wanderings of these bodies, bewilderingly numerous as they are and astonishingly variegated.

Definition of great year in the English dictionary

The definition of great year in the dictionary is one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes; about 25 800 years.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREAT YEAR

great tit
Great Trek
great vassal
Great Victoria Desert
Great Vowel Shift
Great Wall
Great Wall of China
Great War
Great Week
great white heron
great white shark
Great White Way
Great Yarmouth
Great Zimbabwe
great-aunt
great-grandchild
great-grandchildren
great-granddaughter
great-grandfather
great-grandmother

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREAT YEAR

academic year
accounting year
base year
calendar year
financial year
first year
fiscal year
gap year
leap year
light year
lunar year
off year
peak year
school year
senior year
sixth year
solar year
tax year
taxable year
vintage year
year

Synonyms and antonyms of great year in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «great year» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREAT YEAR

Find out the translation of great year to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of great year from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «great year» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伟大的一年
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gran año
570 millions of speakers

English

great year
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महान वर्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سنة عظيمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отличный год
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grande ano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহান বছর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grande année
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tahun yang hebat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tolles Jahr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グレートイヤー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

좋은 년
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Taun gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

năm tuyệt vời
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய வருடம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

महान वर्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Harika yıl
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grande anno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dobry rok
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відмінний рік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mare an
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάλο χρόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot jaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bra år
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flott år
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of great year

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT YEAR»

The term «great year» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.031 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT YEAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «great year» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «great year» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about great year

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7 QUOTES WITH «GREAT YEAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word great year.
1
Johnny Damon
I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time.
2
Billy Koch
With a fresh start, I hope it'll work out good. I know the whole Fox story and how he came over here and had a great year for them. I'm hoping that's what it'll be - fresh start, new faces, new team, new city. I'm looking forward to getting out there.
3
Thomas Menino
2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red Sox won the World Series!
4
John Newcombe
That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon.
5
Andy Pick
In 2004, we had a great year, with Samit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Tim Bresnan, Luke Wright, Alistair Cook. Some groups are not quite as strong.
6
Oliver Platt
2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
7
Alex Rodriguez
I had a great year and left my guts out on the field.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREAT YEAR»

Discover the use of great year in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to great year and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
One Great Year:
A bold, unforgettable tale of power, devotion, lust, and the timeless battle between good and evil
Tamara Veitch, 2013
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The great year: astrology, millenarianism, and history in ...
This panoramic investigation of political and historical thought extends from ancient Mesopotamian times to the present day, and raises important questions about the nature and function of political prophecy in late twentieth-century ...
Nicholas Campion, 1994
3
Have a Great Year Every Year: A Four Point Program for ...
Have A Great Year Every Year is dedicated to these principles.
Dave Yoho, 2005
4
The Ark, the Deluge, and the World's Great Year
Peculiar and profound, this work will intrigue and delight readers of history, religion, and mythology.
Gerald Massey, 2008
5
1866, the Great Year predicted by Daniel and St. John: or, ...
THE GREAT YEAR 1866. 1. “And there appeared a great sign\in heaven, A WOMAN CLOTHED \VITH THE SUN, AND THE MOON UNDER HER FEET, AND UPON HER HEAD A CROWN OF TWELVE STARS: and she, being with child, cried, ...
‎1866
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The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and ...
10,800 years, and that of Aristarchus was 2,484 years.35 Among the Stoics, there were most likely differing opinions on the length of the Great Year. The only opinion for which we have an exact estimate is that of Diogenes of Babylonia, who, ...
David Ulansey, 1991
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A Great Year: Lord Glanely's Horses (1921)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Alfred Edward Thomas Watson, 2010
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The Unfinished Universe
Astronomers calculated that approximately every 36,000 years the planets return to the same configuration, and this period of time was known as the Great Year— a recreation of the "Brahma day" on a different temporal scale. The Great Year ...
Louise B. Young, 1986
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The expectations formed by the Assyrians, that a great ...
the natural year ; they had a period consisting of many centuries, to which they gave the name of the Great Year, and at the end of which they expected a great restitution.33* The commencement of one such period they have fixed in the reign ...
Frederick Nolan, 1826
10
Cosmos: An Illustrated History of Astronomy and Cosmology
This was all distantly related to the Greek notion of a Great Year, and the two traditions were recombined during the Middle Ages. The Greek idea had roots stretching back to a time before Plato, but his notion of a Great Year, after which the ...
John North, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREAT YEAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term great year is used in the context of the following news items.
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Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg will have 'a great year' in 2015 …
Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg was one of the most "visible" players in the country last year, according to Big Ten Network ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Moreland Credits Prince For Great Start
It helped me, and from the looks of it, he's having a great year too, so it might have helped him, as well.” Fielder is second in the league in ... «NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Jul 15»
3
50 Cent reveals he's had ''so much fun'' this year - hours before …
50 Cent has had a great year. It's been loads of fun, according to the main man himself. He tweeted his joy earlier today, just hours before he ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
4
Another great year for Fall 2015 Couture in Paris
Another great year for Fall 2015 Couture in Paris ... shows in Paris came to an end today and let's just say it was another great year for couture. «Examiner.com, Jul 15»
5
Antioch football has great tradition, new turf and speedy Griffin Hill
"We had a great year, and we felt like we had a chance to do something in the postseason. Then, that playoff game happened. "The feeling at ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Alderweireld thanks Saints boss Ronald Koeman 'for a great year'
"I have sent a text message to Ronald and thanked him for a great year. "He gave me a lot of confidence and made me a better footballer. «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
7
A great year for Franco-Ontarians
Most of us wouldn't be able to find Fort Frontenac or Fort Rouillé on a map of Ontario. Today, those two places are known respectively as ... «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»
8
Great year ahead for Penzance ladies' choir
THESE are happy and successful times for the over-50-strong Penzance Orpheus Ladies Choir with a busy schedule this year – their 62nd ... «The Cornishman, Jul 15»
9
Jeremiah Tucker: 2015 a great year for feel-good summer jams
2015 is shaping up to be a great year for music. Fire up the Joplin Globe Jukebox to hear the year's best summer jams. Posted: Friday, July 3, ... «Joplin Globe, Jul 15»
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A great year for the Friends of Stone Cross School
The Friends of Stone Cross School (FOSCS) have been exceptionally busy this year, raising money for the school to buy new equipment for ... «Eastbourne Herald, Jul 15»

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