annuals
- 1Plural of annual.
Gardeners replace their annuals every year because the plants die after a single season.
She collected children's annuals from the 1950s and displayed them on a long shelf.
Note
A regular -s plural, and it belongs only to the noun. The adjective in annual report or annual rainfall never takes an ending, so the reports are annual, not annuals. As a noun it gathers several things: once-a-year books and comics, one-season plants set beside biennials and perennials, even yearly checkups and pantomimes. The surrounding words decide whether a shelf or a flowerbed is meant.
annuals is a form of annual
annual, noun: A publication issued once a year, such as a book, report, yearbook, or comic. Full entry
- Forms
- annualannuals plural
- Spelling
- annual → annuals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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