yr
1
1.6
A short written form of year equal to 12 months
- noun
:
año
- The project will last a full yr, starting next January.
- Yr 9: Thomas Carr
- Yr 8: Thomas
- Yr 3
Examples
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The Munsell designations for the four target colors were 2.5Y 8/8, 7.5YR 7/8, 10G 6/6, and 5P 5/6.
Academic text (2006) -
The Blue Aeroplanes' Yr Own World; Tom Petty, Learning to Fly.
Fiction book (1994) -
So we could have XR hat, YR hat, ZR hat.
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She graduated from university after four yrs of hard work.
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He mentioned that the car was about three yrs old.
Synonyms
calendar year
vsyr
16
1.0
A period of twelve months that starts on January 1 and ends on December 31
is the general abbreviated form for any twelve month span not only this fixed range
8
5.5
A year often used to show an amount per year, for example pay or fees
is the abbreviated form commonly used in general writing
1
8.1
A period of twelve months equal to one year
is the shortened written form of that time unit
1
9.9
A Latin word for year used in phrases in books and science
is the English abbreviation not a Latin or technical term
9.9
A time of twelve months used in old speech
is the modern abbreviated form rather than archaic speech
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yr is a short written form of year, used on calendars, labels, and forms to save space, so yr means the unit of time of twelve months.