annual
annual Lexical Profile
annual Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Occurring, happening, or performed once every year.
"The organization hosts an annual charity dinner every November to raise funds for local schools."
Calculated over or covering the period of a single year.
"The company reported a significant increase in its annual revenue compared to the previous fiscal period."
Living or lasting for only one growing season or year, during which the plant germinates, flowers, produces seed, and dies (of a plant).
"Many common garden vegetables, such as tomatoes and sweet corn, are cultivated as annual crops."
• noun
A plant that completes its entire life cycle—from germination to flowering, seed production, and death—within a single year or growing season.
"In the spring, the gardener planted colorful annuals like marigolds and petunias along the front border."
A book, magazine, or reference work that is published once a year under the same title but with new content.
"As a child, he eagerly awaited the holiday edition of his favorite comic book annual."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French annuel, which derives from Late Latin annualis ('yearly'), based on Latin annus ('year').