almanac
almanac
Definition
al·ma·nac (ôl′mə nak′, al′-)
noun
- a yearly calendar of days, weeks, and months, with astronomical data, weather forecasts, etc.
- 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.
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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