Annual

Etymology
C.1382, from annualem:, annualis:, related to  annalis:, adjective form of annus:. Used to categorize plants since 1710.

Adjective

 * 1) Happening once every year.
 * an annual general meeting
 * an annual publication
 * 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
 * 1)  (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:.
 * 2)  Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 1)  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.

Synonyms

 * yearly

Derived terms

 * annual leave
 * annual ring
 * annualise, annualize


 * annually
 * biannual, bi-annual
 * biannually, bi-annually


 * circannual
 * semiannual, semi-annual
 * semiannually, semi-annually

Related terms

 * biennial
 * perennial

Thesaurus
Domesday Book; 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; 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

Adjective

 * Arabic: سنوي
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 年度,
 * Czech: výroční
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שנתי (shnaty), שנתית (shnatyt)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 毎年


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ساڵانه‌
 * Latin: anniversarius, anniversaria , anniversarium
 * Maltese: annwali
 * Polish: roczny
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ежегодный, годичный
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వార్షిక (vaarshika), సాంవత్సరిక (saamvatsarika)
 * Volapük: alyelik

Noun

 * Bulgarian: годишник, едногодишно растение
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: שנתון (shnaton)


 * Polish: roczny, rocznie
 * Russian: ежегодник /ježegódnik/
 * Spanish: anuario