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annual
[an-yoo-uhl] 
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annual
[an-yoo-uhl]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | occurring, done yearly |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, each year, every year, once a year, year end |
| Main Entry: | annual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | book produced once a year |
| Synonyms: | annuary, report, summary, yearbook |
| Main Entry: | almanac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | document containing information for a year |
| Synonyms: | annual, calendar, chronicle, ephemeris, journal, record, register, registry, yearbook |
| Main Entry: | flower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bloom of a plant |
| Synonyms: | annual, blossom, bud, cluster, efflorescence, floret, floweret, head, herb, inflorescence, perennial, pompon, posy, shoot, spike, spray, vine |
| Main Entry: | journal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chronicle |
| Synonyms: | account, almanac, annals, annual, calendar, chronology, comic book, daily, daybook, diary, gazette, ledger, log, magazine, memento, memoir, minutes, monthly, newspaper, note, observation, organ, paper, periodical, publication, rag, record, register, reminder, reminiscence, review, scandal sheet, statement, tabloid, weekly |
| Main Entry: | magazine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | periodic publication |
| Synonyms: | annual, bimonthly, biweekly, booklet, broadside, brochure, circular, daily, digest, gazette, glossy, joint, journal, manual, monthly, newsletter, newspaper, organ, pamphlet, paper, periodical, pulp, quarterly, rag, review, semiweekly, sheet, slick, throwaway, weekly |
| Main Entry: | perennial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enduring, perpetual |
| Synonyms: | abiding, annual, ceaseless, chronic, constant, continual, continuing, deathless, durable, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, incessant, inveterate, lasting, lifelong, long-lasting, long-lived, longstanding, never-ending, old, perdurable, permanent, persistent, recurrent, seasonal, sustained, unceasing, unchanging, undying, unfailing, uninterrupted, yearlong, yearly |
| Antonyms: | changing, intermittent, interrupted |
| Main Entry: | periodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at fixed intervals |
| Synonyms: | alternate, annual, at various times, centennial, cyclic, cyclical, daily, epochal, every once in a while, every so often, fluctuating, hourly, infrequent, intermittent, isochronal, isochronous, monthly, occasional, on certain occasions, on-again-off-again, orbital, perennial, periodical, recurrent, recurring, regular, repeated, rhythmic, routine, seasonal, serial, spasmodic, sporadic, weekly, yearly |
| Notes: | periodic means happening or recurring at regular intervals; sporadic means occurring singly or occasionally or in scattered instances |
| Antonyms: | constant, continual, irregular, lasting, permanent, sporadic, variable |
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom |
| Synonyms: | annual, biennial, bush, creeper, cutting*, flower, grass, greenery, herb, perennial, seedling, shoot, shrub, slip, sprout, tree, vine, weed |
| Antonyms: | animal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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