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Annual

Annual Meaning & Definition
Annual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Annual?

[n] a reference book that is published regularly once every year
[n] a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
[adj] (botany) completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants"
[adj] occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Annual: one-year | yearbook | yearly

Related Terms | Find terms related to Annual: account | account book | account rendered | accounting | acta | address book | adversaria | album | amphibian | angiosperm | appointment calendar | appointment schedule | aquatic plant | biannual | biennial | bimonthly | biweekly | blankbook | blotter | brief | bulletin | calendar | cashbook | catalog | catamenial | census report | centenary | centennial | classified catalog | commonplace book | cosmopolite | court calendar | cutting | daily | daybook | decennial | deciduous plant | desk calendar | diary | dicot | dicotyledon | diptych | diurnal | docket | Domesday Book | election returns | engagement book | ephemeral | ephemeris | evergreen | exotic | flowering plant | fortnightly | fungus | gametophyte | gazette | gymnosperm | hebdomadal | hourly | hydrophyte | journal | ledger | log | logbook | loose-leaf notebook | magazine | memo book | memorandum book | memory book | menstrual | minutes | momentary | momently | monocot | monocotyl | monthly | newsmagazine | notebook | organ | pad | perennial | periodical | petty cashbook | pictorial | plant | pocket notebook | pocketbook | police blotter | polycot | polycotyl | polycotyledon | proceedings | quarterly | quotidian | report | returns | review | scrapbook | scratch pad | seasonal | secular | seed plant | seedling | semestral | semiannual | semimonthly | semiweekly | semiyearly | serial | slick magazine | spermatophyte | spiral notebook | sporophyte | statement | table | tablet | tally | tertian | thallophyte | the record | trade magazine | transactions | triennial | triptych | vascular plant | vegetable | weed | weekly | workbook | writing tablet | yearbook | yearly

See Also | almanac | book of facts | ephemeris | farmer's calendar | flora | plant | plant life | reference | reference book | reference work

Annual In Webster's Dictionary

\An"nu*al\ (?; 135), a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. {Annals}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. --Ray. 2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth. A thousand pound a year, annual support. --Shak. 2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. --Bacon.
\An"nu*al\, n. 1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year. 2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant. Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. --Swift. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.

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