: occurring, effective, employed, staying, or operating for the full year : not seasonal
a year-round resort
year-round adverb
year-rounder noun

Examples of year-round in a Sentence

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Open year-round from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., this open-air market offers a chance to connect with local vendors selling fresh produce, prepared meals, and homemade goods. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025 This location provides fertile lands and, with 90% humidity year-round, a perfect climate for sugarcane cultivation. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 While most everyone is aware of fire, said Pyne, few think of it as a year-round phenomenon. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 At the city, county and state levels, California has invested in programs to decrease fire risk and devoted more resources and staffing to fight fires year-round. Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for year-round 

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of year-round was in 1924

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“Year-round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/year-round. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

year-round

adjective
ˈyi(ə)r-ˈrau̇nd,
ˈyiə-ˈrau̇nd
: being in operation for the whole year
a year-round resort
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