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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
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Derived Forms
- ˈannually, adverb
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Other Words From
- annu·al·ly adverb
- inter·annu·al adjective
- inter·annu·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of annual1
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Example Sentences
Russia depends on oil exports for almost 70 percent of its foreign-currency earnings and almost 50 percent of its annual budget.
Perhaps the most Jewish part of the 6th Annual Latke Festival was that the food went way faster than the liquor.
Film critic David Ehrlich continues his annual tradition of making a supercut of his favorite films of the year.
Yes, lawyers bill by the hour but are paid an annual salary—plus bonuses.
In 2006, Wahlberg participated in the Los Angeles Police-Celebrity Golf Tournament, an annual fundraiser.
The governor of the fortress was provided with a safe residence in Egypt, and an annual pension of 75,000 piasters.
Isaacson did not visit Mrs. Chepstow again before he left London for his annual holiday.
In former years, Korea had paid an annual tribute or tax to China, but for some time it had been held back by this king.
Whether his annual expenditure be fifty pounds or fifty thousand, he tries to get his money's worth.
If this stinking quartet takes it into its head to levy annual blackmail, where is the money coming from?
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