annual

[ an-yoo-uh l ]

/ ˈæn yu əl /

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adjective

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.

noun

Botany. a plant living only one year or season.

a book, report, etc., published annually.

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

Related formsan·nu·al·ly, adverbin·ter·an·nu·al, adjectivein·ter·an·nu·al·ly, adverb

Can be confusedanal annual annulannual perennial

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Examples from the Web for annually

Emails leaked by the GOP revealed that of the 17 Sony execs making $1 million or more annually, only one is a woman.
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The sanctimonious, the puritans of all stripes, and the killjoys in general raise the issue annually.
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The difference is nonetheless drastic: $220,119 and $44,453, respectively, on average per person annually.
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The plague made a brief appearance in China earlier this year and continues in the U.S. with a few cases annually.
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According to The Times, most jobs now pay less than $20 per hour, i.e., less than $40,000 annually.
With Immigration Move, Obama and the Welfare Party Strike Again|Lloyd Green|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The people of Ohio held conventions annually for more than thirty years.
The Early Negro Convention Movement|John W. Cromwell
It provided that at least a quarter of a million of the income should annually go to the purchase of Cleveland real estate.
The Personality of American Cities|Edward Hungerford
It seeds annually, but most profusely at intervals three or four years apart.
The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park|Grenville F. Allen
It is thought that the lawyers of Jamaica used to receive not less than £500,000 annually.
Continental Monthly, Volume 5, Issue 4|Various
The note has five years to run, with interest notes given separately and payable annually.
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78|Ulysses S. Grant

British Dictionary definitions for annually

annual

/ (ˈænjʊəl) /

adjective

occurring, done, etc, once a year or every year; yearlyan annual income

lasting for a yearan annual subscription

noun

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

Derived Formsannually, adverb

Word Origin for annual

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

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Word Origin and History for annually

annually

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1590s, from annual (adj.) + -ly (2).

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.

annual

c.1400, originally "service commemorating the anniversary of a person's death," from annual (adj.). By 1824 as short for annual plant.

Science definitions for annually

annual

[ ăn′yōō-əl ]

Adjective

Completing a life cycle in one growing season.

Noun

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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