annual

Examples

• All

• It's Winterfest's Ninth Annual Speed Skating Race!

  Deck the Halls (2006)

• This is the fourth annual NYX Face awards.

• So this past weekend I had my first annual friends giving at my house.

• - Why are we having our annual meeting?

  The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

• Hello guys, and welcome to our annual Thanksgiving special.

• Evening, ladies and gentlemen... and welcome to our annual social gathering.

  Straw Dogs (1971)

• Welcome, everyone, to the first annual Extra Joe Spelling Bee.

  Santagato Studios

• Good afternoon and welcome to the annual Radcliffe Day Luncheon.

  Harvard University

• And in more good news, I'm happy to announce that we'll be continuing our annual tradition of the Deer Run Deer Hunt.

  Camp Hideout (2023)

• The Turkish Ministry of National Education started to organize annual symposiums on the concept of literacy.

  Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

E

each year

vsannual

275 1.0

Happens once every year

is applied as well to amounts or fees that recur yearly

P

per year

vsannual

169 1.0

How often something happens in one year, often for an amount of money

is the general term that covers such yearly amounts too

A

annually

vsannual

125 2.2

Once every year

is used especially for things that are payable every year

Y

yearly

vsannual

75 1.0

Happening once every year

is also used for payments or obligations due each year

P

per annum

vsannual

• Formal

7 4.2

Each year, often used when talking about money amounts

is the everyday label used for events and payments on a twelve month cycle

Antonyms

I

irregular

27 3.5

Happening at no fixed times

Compounds

A

annual festival

3 2.4

A celebration held once a year with special activities and traditions

A

annual parade

1 1.4

A public celebration with music and floats that takes place once a year

A

annual fair

1 2.3

A yearly event with rides, food, and games

A

annual clambake

• US

5.8

A yearly event where people cook and eat clams together by the shore

A

annual community picnic

2.7

A yearly outdoor event where neighbors meet to eat and have fun

A

annual fern

• Specialized

7.2

A small fern that lives only one year and grows quickly

A

annual lek

• Specialized

9.9

A yearly gathering of birds where males show off to attract mates

A

annual ring

3.6

A ring of wood in a tree trunk that shows one year's growth

A

annual parallax

• Specialized

9.9

A small change in a star's position when Earth moves around the Sun that shows how far away it is

A

annual salt-marsh aster

• Specialized

8.9

A plant that grows in salt marshes and has small pale purple or white flowers

How Often

daily

∞ 1.0

weekly

323 1.0

monthly

246 1.0

annual

721 1.0

occasional

285 2.8

rare

582 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology