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yearbook

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From year + book. Compare Saterland Frisian Jierbouk (“yearbook”), West Frisian jierboek (“yearbook”), Dutch jaarboek (“yearbook”), German Low German Johrbook (“yearbook”), German Jahrbuch (“yearbook”), Swedish årsbok (“yearbook”), Faroese árbók (“annal, record, yearbook”).

noun yearbooks · year-book

  1. countable A reference book, published annually.
  2. US, countable A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty. A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted.
  3. US, uncountable A school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook.

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Closest in meaning: annual, handbook, bulletin, scrapbook, chronicle, book, abstract, compendium, directory, bilingual, ibid, album, year-end, almanac, ann, mosby

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noun reference book, published annually

Españolanuario
日本語年鑑 nenkan
中文年鑑 /年鉴 niánjiàn, 年鑒 /年鉴 niánjiàn
हिन्दीअब्दकोश abdakoś
Portuguêsanuário
Françaisannuaire
DeutschJahrbuch
Italianoannuario
Русскийежего́дник ježegódnik
Tiếng Việtniên giám

noun publication compiled by the graduating class

Españolanuario, anuario escolar
DeutschJahrbuch
Italianoannuario

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Chicago

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@misc{yearbook_2026,
  title = {yearbook},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yearbook},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}