yearbook

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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.

Origin of yearbook

First recorded in 1580–90; year + book

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Examples from the Web for yearbook

Contemporary Examples

She focuses a lot of her time on after school activities, such as student council and the yearbook committee.
Blessed or Cursed? Child Prodigies Reveal All
Justin Jones
November 17, 2014
A class of 1999 yearbook picture shows them standing together, though neither seems to have graduated.
American Jihadis Douglas McCain and Troy Kastigar: From Losers to Martyrs
Michael Daly
August 28, 2014
Ann is a pleasant brunette, a former class officer, yearbook editor, and member of the softball team at Dryden High.
The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town
E. Jean Carroll
April 19, 2014
The original plan had been to do a film version of the Yearbook.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon
Robert Sam Anson
March 1, 2014
The images feel like a yearbook of sorts, a rumination on the decade, and on three girls growing up.
Craig McDean’s Fashion Muses: Amber Valletta, Kate Moss, and More
Isabel Wilkinson
October 22, 2013

Historical Examples

He was also a teacher of elocution, and had compiled a yearbook of the sayings of Horace, which secured him a knighthood.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
Elbert Hubbard
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
The library published both a yearbook and a monthly periodical.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria
Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

British Dictionary definitions for yearbook

yearbook

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

Word Origin and History for yearbook

n.

1580s, "book of reports of cases in law-courts for that year," from year + book (n.). Meaning "book of events and statistics of the previous year" is recorded from 1710. Sense of "graduating class album" is attested from 1926, American English.

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Examples from the Web for yearbook

Contemporary Examples

She focuses a lot of her time on after school activities, such as student council and the yearbook committee.

A class of 1999 yearbook picture shows them standing together, though neither seems to have graduated.

Ann is a pleasant brunette, a former class officer, yearbook editor, and member of the softball team at Dryden High.

The original plan had been to do a film version of the Yearbook.

The images feel like a yearbook of sorts, a rumination on the decade, and on three girls growing up.

Historical Examples

He was also a teacher of elocution, and had compiled a yearbook of the sayings of Horace, which secured him a knighthood.

These stories are listed in the yearbook without comment or a qualifying asterisk.

Stories included in this group are indicated in the yearbook index by a single asterisk prefixed to the title.

Stories included in this group are indicated in the yearbook index by two asterisks prefixed to the title.

The library published both a yearbook and a monthly periodical.

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Word Origin and History for yearbook

n.

Origin of yearbook