Annual
WordNet
adjective
(1) Completing its life cycle within a year
"A border of annual flowering plants"
(2) Occurring or payable every year
"An annual trip to Paris"
"Yearly medical examinations"
"Annual (or yearly) income"
noun
(3) A reference book that is published regularly once every year
(4) A plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
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Etymology
C.1382, from , , related to , adjective form of . Used to categorize plants since 1710.
Adjective
- Happening once every year.
- 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 also .
- an annual salary
- average annual profits
- the annual course of the sun
- (of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare , .
- Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.
Noun
- An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once 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 the annuals.
- An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare , .
- I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring.