year-round

American  

[yeer-round] / ˈjɪərˈraʊnd /

adjective

1. continuing, active, operating, etc., throughout the year.

   a year-round vacation spot.

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year-round British  

adjective

1. open, in use, operating, etc, throughout the year

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Etymology

Origin of year-round

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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year-round

The benefit of year-round daylight saving time would be 5:44 p.m. sunsets shortly after Thanksgiving for Los Angeles — a delight for Angelenos unhappy with 4:44 p.m. sunsets as winter approaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Of the 51 current members of the House from California — there is one vacancy — 42 backed year-round daylight saving time, namely, 33 Democrats, all eight Republicans and one independent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Jimmy, Kynren's birds and conservation curator, and his 16-strong team care for 170 birds housed year-round in aviaries and enclosed orchards behind the 2,500-seat theatre.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

These trends have replaced seasonal play with year-round commitments that are turning childhood fitness and recreation into a financial burden that is undermining the joy of sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Permanent, year-round populations could be established only in the presence of an anticipatory engineering of water supplies.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann