Meanings
alternative year-long
- not comparableLasting one year; of a timespan of one year.
By saving your entire file of daily and weekly lists, you will create your yearlong list.
2003, Richard A. Simon with James F. Newman, Making time to lead: how principals can stay on top of it all, page 31 more example
Both are congruent with a yearlong periodicity, which is apparently neutralized in the main settlement.
1976, Jean-Paul Dumont, Under the rainbow: nature and supernature among the Panare Indians, page 81 - not comparableWhich lasts throughout every year; which is not seasonal
Yearlong manning is needed, although at a somewhat reduced level from the peak periods in the fall.
1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs1 more example
During interviews, teachers and/or principals in three of the four most effective schools cited a yearlong staff development effort.
2002, Barbara Taylor, P. David Pearson, Teaching reading: effective schools, accomplished teachers, page 37
alternative year-long
- not comparableagriculturePer year.
The carrying capacity of this area is 46 cattle yearlong.
1946, U.S. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, Administration and use of public lands: Parts 5-91 more example
The estimate of the number of sheep and cattle now using this range is equivalent to 250000 cattle units yearlong
1939, Hugh Hammond Bennett, Soil conservation, page 807 - not comparableThroughout every year; not seasonally
Black bear and mountain goats occur in the area yearlong.
1989, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, Additions to the national wilderness preservation system, volume 2, page 8981 more example
Over much of the Great Plains, water was not available yearlong for units of land as small as the customary ownership units
1979, Marion Clawson, The western range livestock industry, page 73
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelasting through a year
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*yóh₁r̥
- Proto-Germanic*jērą
- Proto-West Germanic*jār
- Old Englishġēar
- Middle Englishyeer
- Englishyear
- Englishyearlong
Translations
Bulgarian едногоди́шен
- едногоди́шен (ednogodíšen)lasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year
Esperanto jarlonga
- jarlongalasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year
German einjährig
- einjähriglasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year
Yiddish יאָריק
- יאָריק (yorik)lasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year
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Cite this entry
yearlong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearlong
“yearlong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearlong. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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