annual

«annual» in Mova's school dictionary: Happening once every year: our annual sports day — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (annual); noun (an annual, annuals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Happening once every year: our annual sports day. tree →

2) For a whole year: annual rainfall, annual salary. tree →

3) (noun) A plant that grows, flowers and dies in one year. tree →

4) (noun, UK) A thick book for children, often with comics and puzzles, that comes out once a year. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths "annual" turns into numbers: an annual cost is for 12 months, so divide by 12 for a month or multiply by years. In science annual rainfall and annual plants appear; in everyday life annual events, check-ups and holidays. Phrases: annual event, annual report, annual leave, per annum (formal).

examples

• Our school has an annual sports day. tree →
• The annual rainfall here is about 600 mm. tree →
• Marigolds are annuals, so we plant new ones each spring. tree →
• An annual ticket costs 120 dollars, which is 10 dollars a month. tree →
• Grandad gave me a comic annual for my birthday. tree →
• The dog has its annual check-up at the vet. tree →
• (formal) Ascertain the annual total from the monthly figures. tree →
• Annual festivals, called Veneralia, were held in her honour, and the month of April, when flowers and plants spring forth afresh, was sacred to her. tree →

note

Adverb: annually (once a year). "Annual" means once a year; "biannual" means twice a year; "biennial" means every two years. Maths: annual = for one year, so a monthly 15 is an annual 180 (15 x 12).

In the corpora

• An annual check-up is a routine visit to catch problems early, even when you feel fine.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «annual» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.