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ann
(AN)year
Latin for year. Anniversaries are yearly; biennial means every two years.
rootLatin
TimeSpellings:annenn
Example words
annual
happening every year
anniversary
a yearly mark of an event
biennial
happening every two years
centennial
a one-hundred-year mark
Words in our dictionary that use this root
Every dataset word containing ann, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.
annual
happening every year
anniversary
a yearly mark of an event
biennial
happening every two years
centennial
a one-hundred-year mark
millennium
a thousand years
semiannual
happening twice a year — every half year
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 6, 7
- L.6.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
- L.7.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
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