: 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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Casey’s offers coffee and fountain drinks at no cost to military personnel and on-duty, uniformed first responders – including law enforcement, fire and EMS – year-round. Cheryl V. Jackson, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Nov. 2025 Shell told analysts that the UFC’s year-round schedule will be a boon particularly for CBS, which has its big sports investments clustered around the fall and winter NFL schedule and spring NCAA tournament. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025 The pitmaster shows up for former service members not just on Veterans Day, but year-round. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025 Military personnel and on-duty, uniformed first responders, including law enforcement, fire, and EMS, can get free coffee and fountain drinks year-round, too. Mike Snider, USA Today, 9 Nov. 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 12 Nov. 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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