Definition of annual

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an·nu·al    (ny-l) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Recurring, done, or performed every year; yearly: an annual medical examination.
2. Of, relating to, or determined by a year: an annual income.
3. Botany Living or growing for only one year or season.

NOUN:

1. A periodical published yearly; a yearbook.
2. Botany A plant that completes its entire life cycle in a single growing season.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English annuel, from Old French, from Late Latin annulis, ultimately from Latin annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
annu·al·ly(Adverb)