yr

Noun

year (plural years or (UK colloquial) year)

1. A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
   • we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago

   Synonyms:

   annum

   1. The time taken for the Earth to return to the same position along the ecliptic, completing a full cycle of seasons; a tropical year or solar year.
   2. The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal year.
   3. The length of twelve lunations; the time taken for any moon phase to happen twelve times; a lunar year.
   4. The length of a year as marked by a calendar, 365 or 366 days in the Gregorian calendar; a calendar year.
   5. The mean length of a calendar year in the Julian calendar, that is, 365.25 solar days; a Julian year.

See all 11 meanings of year

Determiner

your

1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
   • Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
2. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
   • Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 6:7, column 1
3. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
   • Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
4. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
   • Your man just bought a new car.