Annual /(?; 135)/

An·nu·al

Annual

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
    The annual overflowing of the river [Nile].
  2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
    A thousand pound a year, annual support.
  3. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.

Annual

n.
  1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
  2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
    Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets.
  3. A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day. (R. C. Ch.)