Annual

Quick meaning: Annual is an adjective meaning Happening once every year.

Meaning

Happening once every year.

More Meanings

1. (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.
2. A medical checkup taking place once a year.
3. (theater) A pantomime taking place once a year.
4. (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.
5. 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.
6. (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.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring.

an annual general meeting; an annual publication

Some routine annuals take a half hour and cost about $30.

I read the magazine, but I usually don't purchase the annuals.

Word Forms

• annuals

Synonyms for annual

Depending on context, synonyms include yearly, yearbook.

Antonyms for annual

Common opposites include perennial, scouring, biennial.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include yearly, yearbook, biennial, quarterly, year-end, average.

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