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View synonyms for leap year
leap year
noun
- (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400.
- a year containing an extra day or extra month in any calendar.
leap year
noun
- a calendar year of 366 days, February 29 ( leap day ) being the additional day, that occurs every four years (those whose number is divisible by four) except for century years whose number is not divisible by 400. It offsets the difference between the length of the solar year (365.2422 days) and the calendar year of 365 days
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Word History and Origins
Origin of leap year1
1350–1400; Middle English lepe yere
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Example Sentences
We have read the article carefully, but the Member to whom this Leap-Year proposal was made is not mentioned.
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Every year of which the figure is divisible by four is a leap-year.
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It was leap-year when I was there—and seventeen young widows—the wives of a deceased Mormon—offered me their hearts and hands.
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Julius Cæsar gave to February 29 days in common years, and in leap-year 30.
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Now in leap-year the 29th day of February is the additional or intercalary day.
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