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annually

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæn.jʊə.li/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈæn.ju.ə.li/
  • Australian: /ˈæn.jʊə.li/
  • Brisbane Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 N Y UW0 AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Once every year without fail, yearly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The Sunshine Festival is held annually, at the end of May.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

without missing a year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they travel to China annually

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yearly, every year, each year

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he earned $100,000 per annum
  • we issue six volumes per annum

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: per annum, p.a., per year, each year

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English annual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English annually From annual + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: jaarliks — once every year
  • Armenian: տարեկան (tarekan) — once every year
  • Catalan: anualment — once every year
  • Cornish: pub bledhen — once every year
  • Danish: årlig — once every year
  • Danish: årligt — once every year
  • Dutch: jaarlijks — once every year
  • Esperanto: jare — once every year
  • Faroese: árliga — once every year
  • Finnish: vuosittain — once every year
  • French: annuellement — once every year
  • Georgian: წლიურად (c̣liurad) — once every year
  • Georgian: ყოველწლიურად (q̇ovelc̣liurad) — once every year
  • German: jährlich — once every year
  • Hindi: वार्षिक (vārṣik) — once every year
  • Hungarian: évenként — once every year
  • Hungarian: évente — once every year
  • Hungarian: minden évben — once every year
  • Icelandic: árlega — once every year
  • Italian: annualmente — once every year
  • Japanese: 毎年 (maitoshi) — once every year
  • Latin: quotannīs — once every year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: årlig — once every year
  • Persian: سالانه — once every year
  • Polish: rokrocznie — once every year
  • Polish: corocznie — once every year
  • Portuguese: anualmente — once every year
  • Romanian: în mod anual — once every year
  • Russian: ежего́дно (ježegódno) — once every year
  • Scottish Gaelic: gach bliadhna — once every year
  • Spanish: anualmente — once every year
  • Swedish: årligen — once every year
  • Volapük: alyelo — once every year
  • Volapük: alyeliko — once every year
Real reading context

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