annual

Happening once each year.

• Our annual festival starts tomorrow.
• They held their annual meeting in May.
• The village has an annual boat race.

Similar words: yearly

Common phrases: annual meeting, annual festival, annual review

Measured, earned, paid, or covering a period of one year.

• Her annual salary is thirty thousand euros.
• The report shows our annual costs.
• Average annual rainfall is low here.

Similar words: yearly

Common phrases: annual salary, annual income, annual rainfall

A plant that grows, flowers, and dies within one growing season.

• This flower is an annual.
• We planted colorful annuals beside the path.
• Do these annuals need much water?

Common phrases: plant an annual, summer annual, hardy annual

A book or other publication produced once each year, often containing collected articles, pictures, or stories.

• I got a comic annual for Christmas.
• The publisher released two new annuals.
• Our school annual includes photos of every class.

Similar words: yearbook

Common phrases: comic annual, school annual, buy an annual