From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfirst/second etc yearfirst/second etc yearBritish EnglishSECLASS/GROUP OF STUDENTS someone who is in their first etc year at school or university The department offers a study skills programme for all first years. → year
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first/second etc year• Oryx Energy, like Melville, made the list for a second year in a row.• In her second year, she met Edgar Lintot.• By his second year, he said, nearly 30 schools were sending him letters.• He had discussed this throughout his first year but had found no solution.• Everything about it has helped me to grapple with the intricacies of machine knitting in this, my second year.• That first year, by happy accident, the itinerary was set for every ride that has followed.• Early in the first year his behaviour pattern was showing dips and troughs. 