Standard Lemma guide

yr

contraction · det · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • literary: /yːr/

1

contraction

Meaning 1

Contraction of you + are.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

det

Meaning 2

Abbreviation of your.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Abbreviation of year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A letter of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, ᚣ, representing the vowel sounds /y/ and /yː/ in Old English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she is 4 years old
  • in the year 1920

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: year, twelvemonth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

Narrower terms: church year, Christian year, Holy Year, New Year, common year, 365 days, leap year, intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year, off year, calendar year, civil year, fiscal year, financial year, annum, year of grace, Y2K

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ȳr, the literal translation of which is uncertain: perhaps “yew” or “bow (made of yew)”, based on Old Norse ýr.