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almanac

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al·ma·nac  (ôlm-nk, l-)
n.
1. An annual publication including calendars with weather forecasts, astronomical information, tide tables, and other related tabular information.
2. A usually annual reference book composed of various lists, tables, and often brief articles relating to a particular field or many general fields.

[Middle English almenak, from Medieval Latin almanach, perhaps from Late Greek almenikhiaka, ephemeris, perhaps of Coptic origin.]

almanac [ˈɔːlməˌnæk]
n
a yearly calendar giving statistical information on events and phenomena, such as the phases of the moon, times of sunrise and sunset, tides, anniversaries, etc. Also (archaic) almanack
[from Medieval Latin almanachus, perhaps from Late Greek almenikhiaka]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.almanacalmanac - an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
yearly, annual, yearbook - a reference book that is published regularly once every year
2.almanac - an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
yearly, annual, yearbook - a reference book that is published regularly once every year

almanac
noun annual, guide, handbook, guidebook, yearbook, workbook Their Media Yearbook contains an almanac for the next 12 months.
Translations
almanac [ˈɔːlmənæk] Nalmanaque m

almanac almanack [ˈɔːlmənæk] n
[planets, dates] → almanach m
[particular subject, activity] → almanach m

almanac
nAlmanach m

almanac [ˈɔːlmənæk] nalmanacco

almanac
n almanac [ˈoːlmənӕk]
a calendar usually with information about the phases of the moon etc. almanak تَقْوِيم، روزْنَامَه алманах kalendář almanak der Almanach ημερολόγιο, αλμανάκ almanaque kalender تقویم نجومی almanakka almanach לוּח שָׁנָה कालदर्शक, पंचांग almanah évkönyv almanak almanak, dagatal almanacco 역서 almanachas gadagrāmata; almanahs almanak almanak almanakk almanach almanaque calendar альманах almanach, kalendár almanah almanah almanacka ปฏิทินโหราศาสตร์ almanak 天文年曆 календар; альманах تقویم ، جنتری niên lịch


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These are interpreted by the superstitious Indians into warnings that strangers are at hand; and one accidental coincidence, like the chance fulfillment of an almanac prediction, is sufficient to cover a thousand failures.
For some years Wilson had been privately at work on a whimsical almanac, for his amusement--a calendar, with a little dab of ostensible philosophy, usually in ironical form, appended to each date; and the judge thought that these quips and fancies of Wilson's were neatly turned and cute; so he carried a handful of them around one day, and read them to some of the chief citizens.
In fact, there was a certain curious Puritanism about her, a Puritanism which found a startlingly incongruous and almost laughable expression in the Scripture almanac which hung on the wall at the end of her bed, and the Bible, and two or three Sunday-school stories which, with a copy of "Jane Eyre," were the only books that lay upon the circular mahogany table.
 
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