annual

B1 Topic:Time

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.

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Synonyms

1 adj · happening once every year. yearly

Word family

Forms annuals

Derived forms annualiseannualistannualityannualizationannualizeannuallybi-annualbi-annuallybiannualbiannuallycircannualinterannual

Related forms biennial perennial

Common collocations

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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Time

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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
- Time

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