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Plural of annual

regular plural

The plural of annual is annuals.

Forms of annual

Singularannual /ˈæn.ju.əl/
Pluralannuals
Countablecountable

Annuals in a sentence

  • I read the magazine, but I usually don't purchase the annuals.
  • I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring.
  • With their fine bindings, steel engravings, and handsomely printed pages, the annuals were products of good bookmanship.2013, Kevin J. Hayes, Edgar Allan Poe in Context, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 184. From the entry bookmanship
  • You will find plenty of possibilities among other hot-natured annuals that share bloom time with abelmoschus.2000, Barbara Pleasant, Annual flowers, →ISBN, page 66. From the entry hot-natured
  • The trisetums are tufted perennial grasses (rarely annuals) with flat leaves and loose panicles.1924, Arthur William Simpson, Native American Forage Plants, page 185. From the entry trisetum

Meaning of annual

  1. adjective Happening once every year.
  2. adjective Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.
  3. adjective Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season, e.g., beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.

Full definition of annual

Questions about the plural of annual

What is the plural of annual?
The plural of annual is annuals.
Is annual countable?
Annual is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: annual (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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