year

simple noun110 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.9
last year9.5
next year9.5
past year9.0
recent years8.5

Usually used in plural form.

following year8.5
previous year8.0
current year8.0
coming year8.0
future years8.0

Usually used in plural form.

good year8.0
consecutive years7.5
bad year7.5
school year7.2
straight years7.0
successive years7.0
academic year7.0
tough year6.9
hard year6.8
fiscal year6.8
preceding year6.5
single year6.5

Emphasizes that it is only one year.

financial year6.5
tax year6.5
given year6.0

Refers to any specific, though unnamed, year.

subsequent year6.0
golden years6.0

Refers to a happy and successful period.

ensuing year5.0
banner year4.5
lean year4.0

A year with little success or money.

year passes7.2
year goes by7.0
year starts6.8
year begins6.5
year elapses4.0

Formal.

all year round6.5
all the year round5.0
during the year8.0
over the year7.8
spend a year8.5

Can also be used with 'years' as the object.

take a year8.0