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yearlong

yearlong

9 3.0
Lasting for a whole year
  • adjective
  • /ˈjɪrˌlɔŋ/
translation icon : durante todo el año
  • Eitel was in the midst of a yearlong exploration to determine how to make the biggest impact.
  • yearlong tour
  • yearlong study
  • yearlong program

Examples

  • Others are busy calculating fuel and associated costs of a yearlong concert tour.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Most recently, the Commission completed a yearlong study of consumptive uses, diversions, and exports of the waters of the Great Lakes.

    Academic text (2000)
  • However, this will not be an issue for your students during the course of a yearlong weekly harmonica class.

    Academic text (2007)
  • What started as a two-month gig in March turned into a yearlong position this May.

    Academic text (2002)
  • One feature of this experiment, however, is their commitment to a yearlong conversational engagement.

    Blog text (12)
  • Seven SBHC therapists in the district participated in the yearlong training and consultation program.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In Detroit, Michigan, the MELD community program incorporated dialogue in a yearlong multicultural experience in leadership development.

    Academic text (2006)
  • I include a yearlong harmonica curriculum in the weekly forty-minute music class for my third graders.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Lentz came to El Salvador in March to begin a yearlong laboratory study of manioc casts from Cern.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The university has granted me a yearlong fellowship to work on a book.

Synonyms

year-round
vsyearlong
66 3.0

Happening or available all year

is limited to a single continuous year rather than ongoing availability
year-around
vsyearlong
  • US
1 2.9

Available all year, not only in one season

is about lasting one whole year rather than ongoing operation
nonseasonal
vsyearlong
3.5

Not limited to one time of year

is focused on a continuous full year rather than mere absence of seasonality

Antonyms

225 3.3

Lasting only for a little time

How Long

permanent
650 3.2
multiyear
7 3.7
yearlong
9 3.0
short-term
225 3.3
brief
587 2.0
momentary
44 4.8

Surface Forms

yearlong positive

Morphology

yearlong = year + long (transparent) = year + long

A straightforward compound whose meaning ('lasting for a year') is directly predictable from 'year' + 'long'.

Etymology

The word yearlong is made of year ('a whole year') and long ('lasting a long time'), so it means something that lasts 'for a whole year'.