| annual | |
| 1. adj. Happening once every year. | |
| an annual general meeting; an annual publication | |
| 2. adj. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. | |
| an annual salary; average annual profits; the annual course of the sun | |
| 3. adj. (botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial. | |
| 4. adj. (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies. | |
| 5. n. An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly public | |
| I read the magazine, but I usually don't purchase the annuals. | |
| 6. n. (botany) An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial. | |
| I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring. | |
| 7. n. A medical checkup taking place once a year. | |
