yearbook

• year-book

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”).

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yearbook (countable and uncountable, plural yearbooks)

1. (countable) A reference book, published annually.
2. (countable, US, education) 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.
   • 2017 June 16, Doug Criss and Ellie Kaufman, “School issues new yearbooks after Trump’s name is removed from photos”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted.

   • 2025 August 27, Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash, Allison Gordon, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Rob Kuznia, John Miller, “Police examine online videos, writings possibly linked to Minneapolis church shooting suspect”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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. (uncountable, US, education) A school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook.