annual

adj
/ˈæn.ju.əl/UK/ˈæn.ju.əl/CA/ˈænɪu̯.əl/

Etymology

First attested around 1382, borrowed from Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annālis, adjective form of annus (“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710.

  1. derived from annālis
  2. borrowed from annuālem

Definitions

  1. Happening once every year.

    • an annual general meeting; an annual publication
  2. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle

    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.

    • an annual salary; average annual profits; the annual course of the sun
  3. Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season

    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.

  4. + 6 more definitions
    1. Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

    2. An annual publication

      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.
    3. An annual plant

      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.

      • I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring.
    4. A medical checkup taking place once a year.

      • Some routine annuals take a half hour and cost about $30.
    5. A pantomime taking place once a year.

      • 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 hardy annuals have been annually taken […]
      • From 1852 until 1888 he was the author of every Drury Lane pantomime, or "Annuals" as in his old fashioned way he preferred to […]
    6. A town in Oriental, Morocco.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at annual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at annual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at annual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA