annual
- 01 B1 Intermediate
adj.happening or done once every year.
adj.occurring, appearing, or made once every year; recurring at yearly intervals.
Simple“The company holds its annual meeting every October to discuss the budget.”
In context“The annual report provides a comprehensive overview of the firm's financial performance and strategic objectives for the upcoming fiscal year.”
UsageUsually placed before the noun.
Synonyms - 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
adj.lasting for only one year or one growing season.
adj.completing a life cycle or lasting for only one year or growing season.
Simple“Sunflowers are annual plants, so you have to plant new seeds every spring.”
In context“Annual crops like maize and wheat must be replanted each season, unlike perennial grasses that regrow from the same root system.”
- 03 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.a book or magazine that is published once a year.
n.a publication, such as a yearbook or a collection of stories, issued once a year.
Simple“When I was a child, I always received a Christmas annual full of comic strips.”
In context“The society publishes a scholarly annual that compiles the most significant research papers produced by its members over the last twelve months.”
Synonyms - 04 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.a plant that lives, flowers, and dies within one year.
n.a plant that completes its entire life cycle, from germination to seed production, within a single growing season.
Simple“The gardener filled the pots with colorful annuals that would bloom all summer.”
In context“While perennials provide the garden's structure, many hobbyists rely on annuals for intense, season-long color displays.”
Antonyms
Usage annual report · annual budget · annual exercises
“The girls are training for an annual holiday show and get snowed in by a blizzard.”
“Consumer prices in July were up 3.4% from a year ago — a smaller annual increase than in May or June.”
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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.