English

Alternative forms

• year-long

Adjective

yearlong ‎(not comparable)

1. Lasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year.
   • 1976, Jean-Paul Dumont, Under the rainbow: nature and supernature among the Panare Indians, page 81:

     Both are congruent with a yearlong periodicity, which is apparently neutralized in the main settlement.

   • 2003, Richard A. Simon; James F. Newman, Making time to lead: how principals can stay on top of it all, page 3:

     By saving your entire file of daily and weekly lists, you will create your yearlong list.

2. Which lasts throughout every year; which is not seasonal
   • 1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:

     Yearlong manning is needed, although at a somewhat reduced level from the peak periods in the fall.

   • 2002, Barbara Taylor and P. David Pearson, Teaching reading: effective schools, accomplished teachers, page 37:

     During interviews, teachers and/or principals in three of the four most effective schools cited a yearlong staff development effort.

Derived terms

• yearlong rate

Translations

Adverb

yearlong ‎(not comparable)

1. Per year (mostly used to discuss animal farming)
   • 1939, Hugh Hammond Bennett, Soil conservation, page 807:

     The estimate of the number of sheep and cattle now using this range is equivalent to 250000 cattle units yearlong

   • 1946, U.S. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, Administration and use of public lands: Parts 5-9:

     The carrying capacity of this area is 46 cattle yearlong.

2. Throughout every year; not seasonally
   • 1979, Marion Clawson, The western range livestock industry, page 73:

     Over much of the Great Plains, water was not available yearlong for units of land as small as the customary ownership units

   • 1989, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, Additions to the national wilderness preservation system, volume 2, page 898:

     Black bear and mountain goats occur in the area yearlong.

See also

• monthlong
• weeklong
• yearslong

Anagrams

• orangely