adjective, noun
adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 happening or done once every year:
an annual meeting / event / report
2 relating to a period of one year:
an annual income / subscription / budget * an average annual growth rate of 8% * annual rainfall
compareBIANNUAL
Part of speech: noun
1 a book, especially one for children, that is published once a year, with the same title each time, but different contents:
The children usually asked for comic or sporting annuals for Christmas.
2 any plant that grows and dies within one year or season
compareBIENNIALn., PERENNIALn.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is annual a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, annual is tagged as noun.
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