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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
an·nu·al       [an-yoo-uhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly: annual salary.
2.occurring or returning once a year: an annual celebration.
3.Botany. living only one growing season, as beans or corn.
4.performed or executed during a year: the annual course of the sun.
5.Entomology. living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies of insects.
–noun
6.Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
7.a book, report, etc., published annually.
[Origin: 1350–1400; < LL annuālis, equiv. to L annu(us) yearly (deriv. of annus circuit of the sun, year) + -ālis -al1; r. ME annuel < AF < L]

—Related forms
an·nu·al·ly, adverb
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an·nu·al       (ān'yōō-əl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Recurring, done, or performed every year; yearly: an annual medical examination.
  2. Of, relating to, or determined by a year: an annual income.
  3. Botany Living or growing for only one year or season.

n.  
  1. A periodical published yearly; a yearbook.
  2. Botany A plant that completes its entire life cycle in a single growing season.


[Middle English annuel, from Old French, from Late Latin annuālis, ultimately from Latin annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]

an'nu·al·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
annual 
1382, from L.L. annualem (nom. annualis), corresponding to L. annalis as adjective form of annus "year," from PIE *at-no-, from base *at- "to go," on notion of "period gone through" (cf. Skt. atati "goes, wanders," Goth. aþnam (dat. pl.) "year," Oscan akno- "year, holiday, time of offering"). Used of plants since 1710.

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annual

adjective
1. completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" [ant: biennial, perennial] 
2. occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income" 

noun
1. (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year 
2. a reference book that is published regularly once every year 

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annual       (ān'y-əl)  Pronunciation Key 
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, perennial.

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Annual

An event that occurs once a year.

Investopedia Commentary

Annual reports are issued once every 12 months.

Also referred to as "yearly."

See also: Annual General Meeting, Annual Report, Annualize, Run Rate, Semi-annual

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Annual

An"nu*al\ (?; 135), a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.]

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 earth.

A thousand pound a year, annual support. --Shak.

2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. --Bacon.

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Annual

An"nu*al\, n. 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.

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