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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•nu•al /ˈænyuəl/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- of or for a year;
yearly:my annual salary. - occurring or returning once a year: an annual celebration.
- Botany(of a plant) living for only one growing season:an annual plant.
n. [countable] - Botanya plant that lives for one growing season.
- a publication issued once a year.
an•nu•al•ly, adv. See -ann-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•nu•al (an′yo̅o̅ əl),USA pronunciation adj. - of, for, or pertaining to a year;
yearly:annual salary. - occurring or returning once a year:an annual celebration.
- Botanyliving only one growing season, as beans or corn.
- performed or executed during a year:the annual course of the sun.
- Insects[Entomol.]living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies of insects.
n. - Botanya plant living only one year or season.
- a book, report, etc., published annually.
- Latin
- Anglo-French
- Late Latin annuālis, equivalent. to Latin annu(us) yearly (derivative of annus circuit of the sun, year) + -ālis -al1; replacing Middle English annuel
- 1350–1400
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