2014

Early twenty-tens

2014 is a year in the common era, the 2,014th year since the conventional date assigned to Jesus's birth.

Like all years, it functions as a noun marking a point in time: The company was founded in 2014.

Years also work as modifiers: the 2014 election, a 2014 model.

events

Ebola

Fatal hemorrhagic fever virus

ISIS · Rosetta · Philae · midterms · Peshawar · AirAsia · Ukraine · Oscars

culture

selfie

Photo of oneself

  • normcoreIntentionally ordinary dressing
  • vapeInhale aerosolized liquid
  • podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs

CrossFit · hipster · binge-watching · Snapchat · ALS · Ferguson · Beyonce · contouring · athleisure · emoji

technology

wearables

Body-mounted tech devices

Tesla · Uber · Snapchat · WhatsApp · Oculus · Twitch · smartwatch · streaming · 4G · phablet

Opposites
leap year status

20142016

Year ending Obama's presidency

2012 · 2020 · 2024 · 2008 · 2000

temporal distance

2014antiquity

Great age, ancient era

ancient times · prehistory

historical significance

20141945

Final year of WWII

1776 · 1914 · 1492 · 2001 · 1066

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G