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# yr

abbreviation (yr, yrs)

«yr» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. "yr" is a short written form of "year", as in "a 5 yr old". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#m1)
2. (informal, texting) "yr" can be a short way to write "your" or "you're" in quick messages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#m2)
3. In Welsh, "yr" means "the". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#m3)

### In the lessons

In tables, forms, charts and school notices "yr" or "yrs" saves space: "Yr 4" means Year 4, a class at school in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. On medicine boxes: "children 6 yrs and over". It is read aloud as "year" or "years".

### Examples

- My sister is in Yr 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x1)
- The sign said "Ages 3 yrs and up". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x2)
- The tree grows about 30 cm per yr. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x3)
- Yr 2 went to the zoo on Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x4)
- The table shows how many books each yr group read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x5)
- "Is this yr bag?" she texted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x6)
- A 10 yr old can ride this ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x7)
- Speed limits do not change from yr to yr here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x8)
- It was also utilised as a proverb: "Yr wy'n edivaru cymmaint a'r Gwr a laddodd ei Vilgi" ("I repent as much as the man who slew his greyhound"). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/#x9)

### Note

It is an abbreviation, not a full word; in proper writing spell out "year". Plural "yrs". Sometimes written "yr." with a full stop. "Yr 3" in the UK/Australia is like "3rd grade" or "Grade 3" in the USA/Canada (roughly). In maths, 1 yr = 12 months = 52 weeks = 365 days (366 in a leap year).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «yr» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yr/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yr» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yr.html) on Mova free.