annual

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈæn.ju.əl/ UK /ˈæn.ju.əl/ See IPA manual

Freq #5868

Meanings

1

adj
Happening once every year.

The school holds its annual sports day in June.
2

adj
Calculated or measured over a whole year.

Her annual salary increased after the promotion.
3

noun
A plant that lives for only one growing season.

In spring she plants annuals like marigolds in her garden.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · happening once every year. yearly

Word family

Forms annuals

Derived forms annualiseannualistannualityannualizationannualizeannuallybi-annualbi-annuallybiannualbiannuallycircannualinterannual

Related forms biennial perennial

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Phrases (4)

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annual leave
the paid holiday time an employee is entitled to each year

Adjective + noun
annual meeting
a meeting that takes place once a year

Adjective + noun
annual report
a document published once a year summarising an organisation's activities and finances

Adjective + noun
annual return
a yearly financial profit or mandatory yearly report filed with authorities

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Annual came into late Middle English through Old French from Late Latin annualis, based on Latin annus, “year.” Its use for a yearbook recording the preceding year's events arose in the early 16th century.

Etymology

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.

annuālem la-lat annālis Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Gardening & Horticulture

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# annual

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈæn.ju.əl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæn.ju.əl/
**Frequency rank:** 5868

## Meanings
1. Happening once every year.
2. Calculated or measured over a whole year.
3. A plant that lives for only one growing season.

## Examples
- The school holds its annual sports day in June.
- Her annual salary increased after the promotion.
- In spring she plants annuals like marigolds in her garden.

## Derived Forms
- annualise
- annualist
- annuality
- annualization
- annualize
- annually
- bi-annual
- bi-annually
- biannual
- biannually
- circannual
- interannual

## Related Forms
- biennial
- perennial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: annuālem
- Root: annālis

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Annual is 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.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Gardening & Horticulture

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