yearlong

See also: year-long

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥der.

Proto-Germanic *jērą

Proto-West Germanic *jār

Old English ġēar

Middle English yeer

English year

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos

Proto-Germanic *langaz

Proto-West Germanic *lang

Old English lang

Middle English long

English long

English -long

English yearlong

From year + -long.

yearlong (not comparable)

Lasting one year; of a timespan of one year.
- 1976, Jean-Paul Dumont, Under the rainbow: nature and supernature among the Panare Indians, page 81:
  Both are congruent with a yearlong periodicity, which is apparently neutralized in the main settlement.
- 2003, Richard A. Simon with James F. Newman, Making time to lead: how principals can stay on top of it all, page 3:
  By saving your entire file of daily and weekly lists, you will create your yearlong list.
Which lasts throughout every year; which is not seasonal
- 1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:
  Yearlong manning is needed, although at a somewhat reduced level from the peak periods in the fall.
- 2002, Barbara Taylor, P. David Pearson, Teaching reading: effective schools, accomplished teachers, page 37:
  During interviews, teachers and/or principals in three of the four most effective schools cited a yearlong staff development effort.

lasting one year, or approximately so; of or relating to a timespan of one year

yearlong (not comparable)

(chiefly agriculture) Per year.
- 1939, Hugh Hammond Bennett, Soil conservation, page 807:
  The estimate of the number of sheep and cattle now using this range is equivalent to 250000 cattle units yearlong
- 1946, U.S. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, Administration and use of public lands: Parts 5-9:
  The carrying capacity of this area is 46 cattle yearlong.
Throughout every year; not seasonally
- 1979, Marion Clawson, The western range livestock industry, page 73:
  Over much of the Great Plains, water was not available yearlong for units of land as small as the customary ownership units
- 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 898:
  Black bear and mountain goats occur in the area yearlong.