What does leap year mean?

leap year means "a calendar year with an extra day added in February".

What is another word for leap year?

Close synonyms include intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leap year a common word?

leap year is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

leap year — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a calendar year with an extra day added in February
Synonymsintercalary year 366 days bissextile year
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Questions about leap year

What does leap year mean?: leap year means "a calendar year with an extra day added in February".
What is another word for leap year?: Close synonyms include intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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