: 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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Long story short, this woodshed provides a place to escape to year-round, and now is the time to invest while it’s marked down at Wayfair. Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2025 Burk said the new locker rooms were created not just for the visiting football team, but because the area will be utilized year-round for other events, such as soccer games or concerts. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2025 Keeping your lawn green during a heatwave requires year-round attention. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 July 2025 Universal, meanwhile, is experimenting with a pair of new concepts in the U.S.: A year-round haunted house attraction called Horror Unleashed, with the first set to open next month in Las Vegas, and a second location taking over a former Chicago Tribune building in Chicago in 2027. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 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 29 Jul. 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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