: 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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The Agate Beach State Recreation Site offers amenities such as restrooms, beach access and is a day-use park open year-round. Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Plush amenities, ranging from a custom quartz bar and home theater to a negative-edge pool and sports court, make the property ideal for year-round hosting. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 June 2025 Insiders know that this flight, like all the rest, is available year-round on October Cafe’s secret menu. Sophie Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025 The Barlow has shops, dining, drinking, and entertainment and hosts many events year-round. AFAR Media, 17 June 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 23 Jun. 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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