annual
[an-yoo-uh l]
- of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly: annual salary.
- occurring or returning once a year: an annual celebration.
- Botany. living only one growing season, as beans or corn.
- performed or executed during a year: the annual course of the sun.
- Entomology. living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies of insects.
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- Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- a book, report, etc., published annually.
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Origin of annual
1350–1400; < Late Latin annuālis, equivalent to Latin annu(us) yearly (derivative of annus circuit of the sun, year) + -ālis -al1; replacing Middle English annuel < Anglo-French < Latin
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Contemporary Examples
Emails leaked by the GOP revealed that of the 17 Sony execs making $1 million or more annually, only one is a woman.
Exclusive: Aaron Sorkin Thinks Male Film Roles Have Bigger ‘Degree of Difficulty’ Than Female OnesWilliam Boot
December 15, 2014
The sanctimonious, the puritans of all stripes, and the killjoys in general raise the issue annually.
The difference is nonetheless drastic: $220,119 and $44,453, respectively, on average per person annually.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait YearsElizabeth Picciuto
December 2, 2014
The plague made a brief appearance in China earlier this year and continues in the U.S. with a few cases annually.
According to The Times, most jobs now pay less than $20 per hour, i.e., less than $40,000 annually.
Historical Examples
He visited London annually to preach in the Baptist churches.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
But it should suffice for it to meet for one day annually or thereabouts.
Shelley, Godwin and Their CircleH. N. Brailsford
In a few years half a million pairs were being imported annually.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
It was only the occasion of it that struck her with amazement annually.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
More than 35,000 photoplays are produced annually in the United States.
Faro Nell and Her FriendsAlfred Henry Lewis
annual
- occurring, done, etc, once a year or every year; yearlyan annual income
- lasting for a yearan annual subscription
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- a plant that completes its life cycle in less than one yearCompare perennial (def. 3), biennial (def. 3)
- a book, magazine, etc, published once every year
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Word Origin
C14: from Late Latin annuālis, from Latin annuus yearly, from annus year
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Word Origin and History for annually
annual
adj.
late 14c., from Old French annuel (12c.) or directly from Late Latin annualem (nominative annualis), corresponding to Latin annalis as adjective form of annus "year," from PIE *at-no-, from root *at- "to go," on notion of "period gone through" (cf. Sanskrit atati "goes, wanders," Gothic aþnam (dative plural) "year," Oscan akno- "year, holiday, time of offering"). Used of plants since 1710.
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annual
n.
c.1400, originally "service commemorating the anniversary of a person's death," from annual (adj.). By 1824 as short for annual plant.
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annual
[ăn′yōō-əl]
- Completing a life cycle in one growing season.
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- 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. Compare biennial perennial.
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