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annually

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an⋅nu⋅al

  [an-yoo-uhl]
Use annually in a Sentence
–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 -al 1 ; r. ME annuel < AF < L

Related forms:
an⋅nu⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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an·nu·al   (ān'yōō-əl)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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Science Dictionary
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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