annual

Meanings

Plural: annuals

Noun

• (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
• a reference book that is published regularly once every year
• 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.
• 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.
• A medical checkup taking place once a year.
• A pantomime taking place once a year.

Adjective

• completing its life cycle within a year
  • "a border of annual flowering plants"

Adjective Satellite

• occurring or payable every year
  • "an annual trip to Paris"
  • "annual (or yearly) income"

Adj

• Happening once every year.
• 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.
• 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.
• Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.

Synonyms

one-year, yearbook, yearly

Antonyms

biennial, perennial

Related Words

biennial, per annum, perennial

Anagrams of annual