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yearbook

noun

  1. publication documenting events of a year, often of a school
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: 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”).

  1. A reference book, published annually.
  2. 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.”

    “A 2017 yearbook photograph obtained by CNN shows Robert Westman, later known as Robin Westman, then a student at Annunciation Catholic grade school in Minneapolis.”

  3. A school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook.