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▸ adjective: 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.
▸ adjective: (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.
▸ adjective: (entomology) 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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: A medical checkup taking place once a year.
▸ noun: (theater) A pantomime taking place once a year.
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yearly,
yearbook,
one-year,
biannual,
semiannual,
biennial,
anual,
monthly,
triannual,
inaugural,
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