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Etymology

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First attested around 1382, borrowed fromLate Latinannuālem,annuālis, related toLatinannālis, adjective form ofannus(“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710.

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annual (notcomparable)

  1. Happening once everyyear.
    anannual general meeting;  anannual publication
    • 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8842, page29:
      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 almostannual 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.
  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 alsocircannual.
    anannual salary;  averageannual profits;  theannual course of the sun
  3. (botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. SeeAnnual plant in Wikipedia. Comparebiennial,perennial.
  4. (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

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happening once a year
of, for, or relating to a whole year
of a plant
living or lasting one year or season

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Noun

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annual (pluralannuals)

  1. Anannual publication; abook,periodical,journal,report,comic book,yearbook, etc., which is publishedserially 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 theannuals.
  2. (botany) Anannual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturallygerminates,flowers anddies in one year. Comparebiennial,perennial.
    I can't wait to plant myannuals in the spring.
  3. Amedicalcheckup taking place once a year.
    • 1976,Better Homes and Gardens, volume54, numbers7-12, page250:
      Some routineannuals take a half hour and cost about $30.
  4. (theater) Apantomime taking place once a year.
    • 1919, Lionel Carson,The Stage Year Book, page67:
      Excellent work has been done by the Playgoers' Club in connection with its Christmas Pantomime Fund. Thousands of children who possibly otherwise would have little chance of witnessing one of the hardyannuals have been annually taken[…]
    • 1949, Albert Edward Wilson,The Story of Pantomime, page61:
      From 1852 until 1888 he was the author of every Drury Lane pantomime, or "Annuals" as in his old fashioned way he preferred to[…]

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annual publication
annual plant
medical checkup

Chinese

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Clipping ofEnglishannual leave.

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annual

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)annual leave

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annual m orf (pluralannuaes)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) ofanual

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  • (Hawick dialect)IPA(key): /ɑːnwʌull/

Noun

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annual (notcomparable)

  1. annual.
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