: 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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Jackson, Wyoming, is also an amazing destination with year-round outdoor options, including sleigh rides, dogsledding, skiing, floating, hiking, fly fishing, and wildlife safaris. Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 12 May 2025 Hotter and drier conditions over longer parts of the years coupled with changing wind patterns could make the wildfire threat more of a year-round thing, which would be bad news to everyone but the fires. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 While the crowds swell in July and August, Cádiz manages to retain its seductive mix of grandeur and grit year-round. Christopher Bagley, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025 Dessert Options Multiply While canned and frozen options may be available year-round, there’s no denying that fresh fruit just tastes better—especially when baked into a cobbler or churned into ice cream. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 May 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 22 May. 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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