: 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

Recent Examples on the Web These types of items will look right at home year-round. Sydney Wasserman, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024 Shepherd says that in the past decade or so, as winters have become warner, the species that carries these diseases (A. albopictus) now breeds year-round in Connecticut. Alice Park, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024 Curiously, a show called NASCAR Inside the Playoffs doesn’t exactly sound like a year-round program—after all, the playoffs end in November. Greg Engle, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 This dessert is a staple in the fall but can be made year-round. Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for year-round 

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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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Cite this Entry

“Year-round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/year-round. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.

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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