annualadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈæn.ju.əl/us/ˈæn.ju.əl/B1 happening once every year:
an annual event/visit/holiday
Companies publish annual reports to inform the public about the previous year's activities.
B1 relating to a period of one year:
annual income/salary/profit
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- They spent their annual holiday on a yacht in the Caribbean.
- The flowers at the annual flower show were a beautiful sight.
- The average annual rainfall in this region is 750 mm.
- The government have just launched their annual Christmas campaign to stop drunken driving.
- You will receive annual pay increments every September.
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Years & yearly
- ad
- Anno Domini
- annually
- annus horribilis
- annus mirabilis
- bicentenary
- calendar year
- CE
- centenary
- circa
- date
- fiscal year
- leap year
- light year
- New Year
- solar year
- tercentenary
- year end
- year's end
- yearly
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Relating to regular periods of time
annualnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæn.ju.əl/us/ˈæn.ju.əl/annual noun [ C ] (BOOK)
a book or magazine published once a year, especially for children, with the same title and style but different contents
US a yearbook
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Books: kinds of books
- abridge
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- bestiary
- bestseller
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- flipback
- folio
- glossy
- manuscript
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- picture book
- travelogue
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Books: reference books
annual noun [ C ] (PLANT)
a plant that grows, produces seeds, and dies within one year
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biennial adjective
perennial noun
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Types of plant
- alpine
- bedding plant
- biennial
- cereal
- citronella
- climber
- hardy
- herb
- herbaceous
- herbal
- houseplant
- pot plant
- potted
- rattan
- root crop
- seedling
- tuber
- veggie
- weed
- woody
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