year-around

1 2.9

Available all year, not only in one season

adjective
/jɪr əˈraʊnd/

: todo el año

I bike a couple thousand miles a year around upstate NY, many of them with my now-11-year-old son, on bike tours.

Examples

The botanical gardens are open year-around, allowing visitors to enjoy the plants in every season.
Our resort offers year-around activities, including skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer.
The city has year-around events that attract tourists from all over the country.

Synonyms

year-round

vsyear-around

66 3.0

Happening or available all year

is identical in meaning but written in a different standard form

yearlong

vsyear-around

9 3.0

Lasting for a whole year

is about operating continuously through the year rather than only a one year period

nonseasonal

vsyear-around

3.5

Not limited to one time of year

is about continuous availability all year rather than stressing season independence

Antonyms

temporary

557 3.0

Lasting for a short time and not permanent

seasonal

85 2.7

Happening only at a certain time of year, like summer or winter

How Continuous

continuous

141 3.7

year-around

1 2.9

regular

870 1.0

periodic

47 3.9

seasonal

85 2.7

Surface Forms

year-around positive

Morphology

year-around = year (transparent) = around + year

The sense 'throughout the year' is directly inferable from the components 'year' + 'around' (equivalent to the common form 'year-round'). [Postprocessing: moved 'around' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word year-around comes from the two simple words year and around, so it literally means 'around the year' or 'throughout the year'. That's why a year-around job or place runs in every season and does not stop.