annual

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First attested around 1382, borrowed fromLate Latinannuālem,annuālis,related toLatinannālis,adjective form ofannus(“year”).Used to categorize plants since 1710.

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annual(notcomparable)

  1. Happening once everyyear.
    anannualgeneral meeting;anannualpublication
    • 2013June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”,inThe Economist,volume407,number8842,page29:
      Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almostannualoccurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
  2. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See alsocircannual.
    anannualsalary; averageannualprofits; theannualcourse of the sun
  3. (botany,of a plant)Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. SeeAnnual plantin Wikipedia. Comparebiennial,perennial.
  4. (entomology)Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

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annual(pluralannuals)

  1. Anannual publication;abook,periodical,journal,report,comic book,yearbook,etc., which is publishedseriallyonce a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.
    I read the magazine, but I usually don't purchase theannuals.
  2. (botany)Anannual plant;a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturallygerminates,flowersanddiesin one year. Comparebiennial,perennial.
    I can't wait to plant myannualsin the spring.
  3. Amedicalcheckuptaking place once a year.
    • 1976,Better Homes and Gardens,volume54,numbers7-12,page250:
      Some routineannualstake a half hour and cost about $30.
  4. (theater)Apantomimetaking place once a year.
    • 1919,Lionel Carson,The Stage Year Book,page67:
      Excellent work has been done by the Playgoers' Club in connection with its Christmas Pantomime Fund. Thousands of children who possibly otherwise would have little chance of witnessing one of the hardyannualshave been annually taken[…]
    • 1949,Albert Edward Wilson,The Story of Pantomime,page61:
      From 1852 until 1888 he was the author of every Drury Lane pantomime, or "Annuals"as in his old fashioned way he preferred to[…]

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ClippingofEnglishannualleave.

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annual

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)annual leave

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  • (Hawick dialect)IPA(key):/ɑːnwʌull/

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annual(notcomparable)

  1. annual.
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