a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. |
2. | Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; | |
2. | Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; | |
n. | 1. | A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year. |
2. | Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant. | |
3. | (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day. |
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2. | annual - a reference book that is published regularly once every year Synonyms: yearbook | |
Adj. | 1. | annual - occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income" Synonyms: yearly |
2. | annual - completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" Synonyms: one-year |