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year-over-year

year-over-year adjective: compared to the same time period in the previous year (for example, monthly inflation).

Adjective

year-over-year (not comparable)

  1. Compared to the same time period in the previous year (for example, monthly inflation).
    Synonyms:
    YoY, y/y, y-o-y

Synonyms of year-over-year

Forms of year-over-year

alternative formyear-on-year

Questions about year-over-year

What does year-over-year mean?
Year-over-year means compared to the same time period in the previous year (for example, monthly inflation).
What part of speech is year-over-year?
Year-over-year is an adjective.

Words near year-over-year in the dictionary

  1. year-groups
  2. year-long
  3. year-old
  4. year-olds
  5. year-on-year
  6. year-over-year
  7. year-round
  8. year-round school
  9. year-rounder
  10. year-rounders
  11. year-to-date

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