Yr vs. Year

Yrnoun

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

Yearnoun

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).

Yearnoun

(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.

Yearnoun

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.

Yearnoun

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

Yearnoun

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

Yearnoun

A level or grade in school or college.

Yearnoun

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

Yearnoun

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).

Yearnoun

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

Yearnoun

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

Yearnoun

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

Yearnoun

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

Yearnoun

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

Yearnoun

a body of students who graduate together;

Yearnoun

the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun.

Yearnoun

the period of 365 days (or 366 days in leap years) starting from the first of January, used for reckoning time in ordinary circumstances.

Yearnoun

a period of twelve months measured from a point other than 1 January

Yearnoun

a year regarded in terms of the quality of something produced

Yearnoun

a period similar to a year used for reckoning time according to other calendars

Yearnoun

one's age or time of life

Yearnoun

a very long time; ages

Yearnoun

a set of students grouped together as being of roughly similar ages, mostly entering a school or college in the same academic year

Year

A year is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility.