annual

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Happening once every year.

   The school holds its annual sports day in June.

2. 2
   adj

   Calculated or measured over a whole year.

   Her annual salary increased after the promotion.

3. 3
   noun

   A plant that lives for only one growing season.

   In spring she plants annuals like marigolds in her garden.

Common collocations

• annual leave Adjective + noun
• annual meeting Adjective + noun
• annual report Adjective + noun
• annual return Adjective + noun

First attested around 1382, borrowed from Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annālis, adjective form of annus (“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710.

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