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almanac Definition

al·ma·nac (ôlmə nak′, al-)

noun

  1. a yearly calendar of days, weeks, and months, with astronomical data, weather forecasts, etc.
  2. a book published annually, containing information, usually statistical, on many subjects

Etymology: ME almenak < ML almanachus < LGr almenichiaka, calendar, ? of Coptic orig.

almanac Synonyms

almanac

n.

calendar, yearbook, annual, ephemeris, astronomical table, register, registry, Whitaker, farmer's almanac, world almanac, nautical almanac, statistical almanac, chronicle, journal, record, register of the year, fasti (Latin).

almanac Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • publish: As well as writing her autobiography in 1670 and 1671 she published two astrological almanacs.
  • produce: STC lists the imprints of more than 200 printers who produced almanacs, plus another 100 anonymous publications.
  • include: Llewellyn - Publishers of a huge range of books on magick and paganism, including yearly almanac 's and calendars at very affordable prices.
  • consult: Consult the Monthly Almanac based on Chinese Astrology to discover advice and instruction for everyday life with a different fortune reading for each day.
  • write: I love some words of Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac written in October, 1750.
  • use: And almanacs used to be huge sellers - they were pretty much part of the fabric of life.

Preposition: for

  • year: Even tho she produced an almanac for many years, there is almost no information on her.

Adjective modifier

  • nautical: The position of the sun above the Earth at any time can be found in a nautical almanac.
  • annual: As well as his annual almanac, he produced a series of astrological and prophetic pamphlets.
  • popular: It certainly continued to be listed in the popular almanacs.
  • astrological: During the seventeenth century, astrological almanacs were some of the biggest selling books available.
  • first: These web pages are one example; another is forthcoming The Astronomer's Diary, our first almanac on CD-ROM.
  • yearly: I don't know if she was the first but Sarah Jinner wrote a series of yearly almanacs in England in the mid 1600's.

Modifies a noun

  • datum: Search The Sky A message shown when a GPS receiver is gathering satellite almanac data.

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