Yr vs. Year

abbreviation of year

In the Gregorian calendar, a period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, consisting of 365 or 366 days in 12 months. Also called calendar year.

abbreviation of your

A period of 365 or 366 days used as the basis for another calendar such as the Julian calendar.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days;

A period of 12 or 13 lunar months in a lunisolar calendar such as the Jewish calendar.

A period of 12 lunar months in a lunar calendar such as the Islamic calendar.

A sidereal year.

A solar year.

A period of about a year

A period equal to the calendar year but beginning on a different date

An annually recurring period devoted to a special activity

years Age, especially old age

years An indefinitely long period of time

A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).

(by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.

A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.

A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.

(sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".

A level or grade in school or college.

The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).

The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).

The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.

Age, or old age; as, a man in years.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days;

a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity;

the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun;

a body of students who graduate together;