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annual

[an-yoo-uhl]

adjective

  1. of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly.

    annual salary.

  2. occurring or returning once a year.

    an annual celebration.

  3. Botany.,  living only one growing season, as beans or corn.

  4. performed or executed during a year.

    the annual course of the sun.

  5. Entomology.,  living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies of insects.



noun

  1. Botany.,  a plant living only one year or season.

  2. a book, report, etc., published annually.

annual

/ ˈænjʊəl /

adjective

  1. occurring, done, etc, once a year or every year; yearly

    an annual income

  2. lasting for a year

    an annual subscription

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a plant that completes its life cycle in less than one year Compare perennial biennial

  2. a book, magazine, etc, published once every year

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

annual

  1. Completing a life cycle in one growing season.

  1. An annual plant. Annuals germinate, blossom, produce seed, and die in one growing season. They are common in environments with short growing seasons. Most desert plants are annuals, germinating and flowering after rainfall. Many common weeds, wild flowers, garden flowers, and vegetables are annuals. Examples of annuals include tomatoes, corn, wheat, sunflowers, petunias, and zinnias.

  2. Compare biennial perennial

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Other Word Forms

  • annually adverb
  • interannual adjective
  • interannually adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of annual1

1350–1400; < Late Latin annuālis, equivalent to Latin annu ( us ) yearly (derivative of annus circuit of the sun, year) + -ālis -al 1; replacing Middle English annuel < Anglo-French < Latin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of annual1

C14: from Late Latin annuālis, from Latin annuus yearly, from annus year
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Example Sentences

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Magazine’s annual Innovators issue recognizes groundbreaking talents from a range of disciplines.

Despite steady annual growth of roughly 5% in recent years, Indonesia is feeling the pressure of slowing global demand, rising living costs and competition from regional neighbours like Vietnam and Malaysia.

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Webb now kicks off his family’s annual meeting by reading the mission statement aloud and leading a discussion of whether it needs revision.

Reform UK did not give a figure for membership in its annual accounts last year, but a ticker on its website says it has more than 260,000 members.

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Votes will be tallied at Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting on Nov. 6.

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