| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·nu·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n y - l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Recurring, done, or performed every year; yearly: an annual medical examination. 2. Of, relating to, or determined by a year: an annual income. 3. Botany Living or growing for only one year or season. | | NOUN: | 1. A periodical published yearly; a yearbook. 2. Botany A plant that completes its entire life cycle in a single growing season. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English annuel, from Old French, from Late Latin annu lis, ultimately from Latin annus, year. See at- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | annu·al·ly —ADVERB
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