yrs
Shortened time periods
Yrs is an informal written abbreviation for years: I've lived here for 20 yrs.
It appears in casual messages, notes, and anywhere space or time is limited.
Less commonly, yrs abbreviates yours in correspondence: Yrs truly.
Ten-year periods
- centuriesHundred-year periods
- millenniaThousand-year periods
- spansReaches across a gap
- periodsSpans of time
intervals · lengths · terms · lifetimes · longevity · ages · eras · epochs
Every second year
- centennialHundred-year anniversary
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- quadrennialEvery four years
sesquicentennial · tercentenary · anniversary · commemoration · celebration · milestone · annual · yearly
decades
Ten-year periods
periods · intervals · lengths · terms · lifetimes · longevity · ages · eras · epochs · stretches
biennial
Every second year
- centennialHundred-year anniversary
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
quadrennial · sesquicentennial · tercentenary · anniversary · commemoration · celebration · milestone · annual · yearly · birthday
yours
Possessive for addressee
- shorthandAbbreviated writing system
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- informalRelaxed, not official
messaging · casual · abbreviation · contraction · slang · notation · written · typed · digital · online