year·book

[yeer-book]
noun
1.
a book published annually, containing information, statistics, etc., about the past year: an encyclopedia yearbook.
2.
a book published by the graduating class of a high school or college, containing photographs of class members and commemorating school activities.

Origin:
1580–90; year + book

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yearbook (ˈjɪəˌbʊk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an almanac or reference book published annually and containing details of events of the previous year

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Yearbook is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

yearbook
1588, "book of reports of cases in law-courts for that year," from year + book. Meaning "book of events and statistics of the previous year" is recorded from 1710. Sense of "graduating class album" is attested from 1926, Amer.Eng.
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Example sentences
Working on the yearbook or school newspaper or literary magazine might give a student a taste of publishing.
We cross out the ex-girlfriends' pictures in the yearbook with a blue ballpoint pen.
Of course, you can use any of their themes for your yearbook, though.
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