Definitions for annual

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annual an·nu·al

Spelling: [an-yoo-uh l]

IPA: /ˈæn yu əl/

Annual is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in annual (aalnnu).

Definitions for annual

noun

1. Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
2. a book, report, etc., published annually.

adjective

1. of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly:
2. occurring or returning once a year:
3. Botany. living only one growing season, as beans or corn.
4. performed or executed during a year:
5. Entomology. living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies of insects.

Origin of annual

1350-1400; Late Latin annuālis, equivalent to Latin annu(us) yearly (derivative of annus circuit of the sun, year) + -ālis -al¹; replacing Middle English ann

Examples for annual

At every annual meeting he has delivered an appropriate address.

Russia depends on oil exports for almost 70 percent of its foreign-currency earnings and almost 50 percent of its annual budget.

Film critic David Ehrlich continues his annual tradition of making a supercut of his favorite films of the year.

Such, at least, was my luck when starting for my annual French tour in 1887.

Then he added, "I must go down to thank Dixon; I guess this is his annual day for smiling."

See the report of the proceedings of the society at its annual meeting in 1834.

Yes, lawyers bill by the hour but are paid an annual salary—plus bonuses.

Perhaps the most Jewish part of the 6th annual Latke Festival was that the food went way faster than the liquor.

In 2006, Wahlberg participated in the Los Angeles Police-Celebrity Golf Tournament, an annual fundraiser.

When spring was near, the annual love-season of the Coyotes came on.