year-around
Definition
- Adjective:
- Operating, functioning, or occurring throughout the entire year; not seasonal: Describes something that is active, available, or relevant during all seasons, without interruption.
Usage
- The adjective "year-around" is used to modify nouns, indicating that the noun's characteristic of being continuous or available is not limited to a specific season. It is synonymous with "year-round."
- It is typically hyphenated when used as a compound adjective before a noun (e.g., a year-around program). It may sometimes be written as two separate words ("year around"), especially in less formal contexts, but the hyphenated form is standard for the adjective.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The community offers year-around recreational activities for all ages.
- She was happy to find a year-around position at the research station.
- This climate supports year-around gardening.
Advanced Usage
- "to operate year-around": To function continuously throughout all seasons.
- The ferry service now operates year-around, thanks to ice-breaking ships.
- The term is often used in contexts like tourism, employment, agriculture, and education to denote non-seasonal continuity.
Variants and Related Words
- Year-round (adj): The more common and preferred variant, identical in meaning to "year-around."
- He works at a year-round ski resort.
- Perennial (adj): Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring. (While similar, "perennial" is broader and can refer to plants or long-lasting concepts, not exclusively annual continuity.)
- Continuous (adj): Uninterrupted in time; without cessation. (A more general synonym.)
Synonyms
- Year-round
- Perennial (in some contexts)
- Continuous
- Non-seasonal
- All-year
Antonyms
- Seasonal
- Intermittent
- Periodic
- Part-year
Related Phrases
- Year-around operation: An activity or business that functions continuously.
- The factory's shift to year-around operation increased production.
- Year-around resident: A person who lives in a location permanently, not just during a specific season.
- The island has a small community of year-around residents.
Adjective
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operating or continuing throughout the year
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a year-round resort
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a year-round job
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