yearbook

[ yeer-book ]

/ ˈyɪərˌbʊk /

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noun

a book published annually, containing information, statistics, etc., about the past year: an encyclopedia yearbook.

a book published by the graduating class of a high school or college, containing photographs of class members and commemorating school activities.

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Origin of yearbook

First recorded in 1580–90; year + book

Words nearby yearbook

yealing, yean, yeanling, year, year-around, yearbook, Yeardley, year-end, year in, year out, yearling, yearlong

How to use yearbook in a sentence

No sixth-grade graduation, no goodbyes to my teachers or gift-giving, no signing our yearbooks.
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She focuses a lot of her time on after school activities, such as student council and the yearbook committee.
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A class of 1999 yearbook picture shows them standing together, though neither seems to have graduated.
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Ann is a pleasant brunette, a former class officer, yearbook editor, and member of the softball team at Dryden High.
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The original plan had been to do a film version of the Yearbook.
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It reached its summit in a project he had devised for himself: the 1964 High School Yearbook Parody.
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The statistical yearbook for Finland does not give separate statistics concerning workingwomen.
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement|Kaethe Schirmacher
The secretary then presented the following report of what the League Yearbook should contain.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
These stories are listed in the yearbook without comment or a qualifying asterisk.
The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various
Stories included in this group are indicated in the yearbook index by a single asterisk prefixed to the title.
The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various
Stories included in this group are indicated in the yearbook index by two asterisks prefixed to the title.
The Best Short Stories of 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for yearbook

yearbook

/ (ˈjɪəˌbʊk) /

noun

an almanac or reference book published annually and containing details of events of the previous 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

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