annual adj

1 occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income" [syn: yearly]

2 completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" [syn: one-year] [ant: biennial, perennial]

1 a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

2 a reference book that is published regularly once every year [syn: yearbook]

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

annus year + -al

Adjective

1. happening once every year.

   The annual meeting will be held on ...

Synonyms

• per annum
• yearly

Derived terms

• biannual
• semiannual

Related terms

• biennial
• perennial

Translations

Noun

1. Something that has an yearly cycle, as some plants and serially published books.

Translations

• Finnish: vuosikirja
• Hebrew: שנתון (shnaton)
• Polish: roczny, rocznie
• Russian: ежегодник /ježegódnik/

Annual is typically used to describe something that happens once a year. Circannual describes events that take place over the course of one year and repeat year after year.

It may also refer to the following:

• Annual plant
• Annual (Morocco), a settlement in northeastern Morocco
  • Battle of Annual, battle July 22, 1921
• Annuals, a musical group
• Annual publication
• Annual report
• Annual giving
• Yearbook

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