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an⋅nu⋅al

  [an-yoo-uhl]
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–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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Annually

An"nu*al*ly\, adv. Yearly; year by year.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : annually
Spanish: anualmente,
German: jährlich,
Japanese: 毎年
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