Groups and collections

Synonyms for year

Two senses of year live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsGroups and collections

a body of students who graduate together

She was in my year at Hoehandle High.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

class

Same sentence, swapped: She was in my class at Hoehandle High.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for year as it is used in the sentence above.

twelvemonth
room
company

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 5, SummitTime

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

In the year 1920.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

twelvemonth

Same sentence, swapped: In the twelvemonth 1920.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for year as it is used in the sentence above.

class
watch
school

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Closest first: other groups and collections words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

societynouncompanythe state of being with someoneFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line statenoun, verbcountrya politically organized body of people under a single governmentFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line unionnounjoina set containing all and only the members of two or more given setsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line chunkyadjectivelumpylike or containing small sticky lumpsRidgeline citynounmetropolispeople living in a large densely populated municipalityTreelineHas a reason line classnoundivisiona league ranked by qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line successnounwinnera person with a record of successesFoothillsHas a reason line sufferverbmeetundergo or sufferFoothillsHas a reason line

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