2017

Late twenty-tens

2017 is the year following 2016 and preceding 2018.

Like all four-digit years, it functions as a noun identifying a specific calendar year: The policy changed in 2017.

It also works as an adjective modifying nouns: the 2017 hurricane season, a 2017 model.

culture

Fortnite

Multiplayer elimination competition

  • MoonlightReflected solar rays, nighttime
  • ITComputer systems management
  • LoganScottish-origin given name

Dunkirk · Kendrick · BTS

politics

Trump

American political surname

Comey · DACA · Merkel · Trudeau

technology

Blockchain

Linked cryptographic record system

Alexa · CRISPR · deepfakes · Ethereum · Bitcoin · SpaceX

events

MeToo

Anti-harassment accountability movement

Comey · Mueller · Catalonia

numerology

vibration

Rapid oscillating movement

Opposites
temporal scale

2017millennium

Span of thousand years

eternity · decade · century · era · epoch

temporal distance

2017antiquity

Great age, ancient era

ancient times · prehistory · time immemorial · eternity

political/cultural era (us-centric)

20172008

Year before 2009

1960s · 2009 · 1990s · 1989 · 1945

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