English Explanatory Dictionary

annual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Happening once every year.
  2. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.
  3. Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.
  4. Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.
noun
  1. An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.
  2. An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial.
  3. A medical checkup taking place once a year.
  4. A pantomime taking place once a year.
name
  1. A town in Oriental, Morocco.

Pronunciation

/ˈæn.ju.əl/ /ˈæn.jəl/ /ˈænɪu̯.əl/ en-us-annual.ogg /ˈanwəl/ /ˈan(j)ʊwəl/

Word forms

annual annuals Anoual

Etymology

First attested around 1382, borrowed from Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annālis, adjective form of annus (“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710.

Synonyms

yearly

Related words

biennial perennial per annum

Derived words

annual aberration annual accounts annual general meeting annualise annualize annuality annualization annual leave annually annual meadow grass annual mercury annual report annual ring annual ryegrass annual wormwood biannual bi-annual biannually bi-annually circannual first annual ground annual harlequin annual lupine interannual intraannual multiannual nonannual pluriannual pseudoannual quadannual semiannually semi-annually semiannual semi-annual semperannual sesquiannual subannual sweet Annie terannual transannual triannual tri-annual annualist
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