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annual
[ an-yoo-uhl ]
adjective
- of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly:
annual salary.
- occurring or returning once a year:
an annual celebration.
- Botany. living only one growing season, as beans or corn.
- performed or executed during a year:
the annual course of the sun.
- Entomology. living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies of insects.
noun
- Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- a book, report, etc., published annually.
annual
/ ăn′yo̅o̅-əl /
Adjective
- Completing a life cycle in one growing season.
Noun
- An annual plant. Annuals germinate, blossom, produce seed, and die in one growing season. They are common in environments with short growing seasons. Most desert plants are annuals, germinating and flowering after rainfall. Many common weeds, wild flowers, garden flowers, and vegetables are annuals. Examples of annuals include tomatoes, corn, wheat, sunflowers, petunias, and zinnias.
- Compare biennial
Derived Forms
- ˈannually, adverb
Other Words From
- annu·al·ly adverb
- inter·annu·al adjective
- inter·annu·al·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of annual1
Example Sentences
A recent investigation by TSB found that more than a third of Facebook Marketplace listings could be fraudulent, with the estimated annual loss to customers reaching nearly £60m.
WRU bosses will be questioned by member clubs at the annual general meeting on Sunday.
Sure, the annual festivity has its fair share of signature Thanksgiving foods, but it can be hard — and frankly, overwhelming — to choose which specific dishes you’d like for your own, curated menu.
DOGE, they wrote, will target some $500 billion in annual federal expenditures that "are unauthorized by Congress or being used in ways that Congress never intended" in an effort to help "end" federal overspending.
Conspicuous by their absence for most of the year, the WRU hierarchy will at least be under the microscope when they face the clubs at the annual general meeting on Sunday morning.
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