annual

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.

A medical checkup taking place once a year.

(botany) 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 biennial, perennial.

(theater) A pantomime taking place once a year.

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 circannual.

(botany, 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 biennial, perennial.

(entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

Roots

annusann- · Latin · year

Synonyms for annual

yearlyadv biannualadj semiannualadj biennialadj yearbookn triennialadj monthlyadv quarterlyadv bimonthlyadv semimonthlyadv decennial

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Where does annual come from?

The word annual breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root ann-, from Latin annus (“year”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.