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yearlong

yearlong

10 3.0
Lasting for a whole year
  • adjective
  • /ˈjɪrˌlɔŋ/
: 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
78 3.0

Happening or available all year

is limited to a single continuous year rather than ongoing availability
year-around
vsyearlong
  • US
44 2.9

Available all year, not only in one season

is about lasting one whole year rather than ongoing operation
nonseasonal
vsyearlong
1 3.5

Not limited to one time of year

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

Antonyms

358 3.3

Lasting only for a little time

How Long

permanent
613 3.2
multiyear
7 3.7
yearlong
10 3.0
short-term
358 3.3
brief
534 2.0
momentary
42 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'.