noun
years
yeerz
noun
1
A very long stretch of time (informal, used loosely).
"It felt like years since they had last spoken."
How to Use Years
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsed loosely to mean "a very long time," beyond its literal sense as the plural of "year."
Common pairings
for years
years ago
it's been years
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