yearbook
pronunciation
How to pronounce yearbook in British English:
UK [ˈjɪəbʊk]
How to pronounce yearbook in American English:
US [ˈjɪrbʊk]
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- Noun:
- a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students
- a reference book that is published regularly once every year
Word Origin
- yearbook (n.)
- also year-book, 1580s, "book of reports of cases in law-courts for that year," from year + book (n.). Meaning "book of events and statistics of the previous year" is recorded from 1710. Sense of "graduating class album" is attested from 1926, American English.
Example
- 1. Facebook is becoming more than a live-action yearbook .
- 2. But earlier this week the new edition of the china statistical yearbook arrived on my desk with a thud .
- 3. A grim expression in a yearbook photo or family snapshot could mean more than just a passing bad mood .
- 4. Sipri 's yearbook also lists the top 100 arms producing companies , excluding chinese ones , for which figures were unavailable .
- 5. The research team examined participants ' positive expressive behavior in college yearbook photos in the first phase , and then a variety of participants ' photos from childhood through early adulthood in phase two .