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yr

yr

1 1.6
A short written form of year equal to 12 months
  • noun
translation icon : año
  • The project will last a full yr, starting next January.
  • Yr 9: Thomas Carr
  • Yr 8: Thomas
  • Yr 3

Examples

  • 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.

  • She graduated from university after four yrs of hard work.

  • He mentioned that the car was about three yrs old.

Synonyms

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
annum
vsyr
  • Formal
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
twelvemonth
vsyr
  • Archaic
1 8.1

A period of twelve months equal to one year

is the shortened written form of that time unit
annus
vsyr
  • Specialized
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
yere
vsyr
  • Archaic
9.9

A time of twelve months used in old speech

is the modern abbreviated form rather than archaic speech

Surface Forms

yr singular
yrs plural

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.