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Webster 1913 Edition
Annual
1.
Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
The
annual
overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.
2.
Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year;
as, the
. annual
motion of the earthA thousand pound a year,
annual
support. Shakespeare
2.
Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year;
as, an
annual
plant; annual
tickets. Bacon.
An′nu-al
,Noun.
1.
A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
2.
Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
Oaths . . . in some sense almost
annuals
; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. Swift.
3.
(R. C. Ch.)
A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
Webster 1828 Edition
Annual
AN'NUAL
,Adj.
1.
Yearly; that returns every year; coming yearly; as an annual feast.2.
Lasting or continuing only one year or season; that requires to be renewed every year; as an annual plant. Leaves that grow in the spring, and perish in the autumn, are called annual, in opposition to evergreens.3.
Performed in a year; as the annual motion of the earth.AN'NUAL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
annual
annual
English
Adjective
annual (not comparable)
- Happening once every year.
- 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
- Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
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- 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.
- an annual salary; average annual profits; the annual course of the sun
- (botany, of a plant) 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.
- (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.
Synonyms
- (in senses 1 and 2): yearly
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Translations
happening once a year
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Noun
annual (plural annuals)
- 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.
- I read the magazine, but I usually don't purchase the annuals.
- (botany) 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.
- I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring.
- A medical checkup taking place once a year.
- 1976, Better Homes and Gardens (volume 54, issues 7-12, page 250)
- Some routine annuals take a half hour and cost about $30.
- 1976, Better Homes and Gardens (volume 54, issues 7-12, page 250)
Translations
annual publication
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