year-over-year
adjective
year-over-year is an adjective meaning “Compared to the same time period in the previous year (for example, monthly inflation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Y-E-A-R-O-V-E-R-Y-E-A-R.
What does year-over-year mean?
adjective
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Compared to the same time period in the previous year (for example, monthly inflation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of year-over-year
- year-on-year
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
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Also written: year-on-year.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Year-over-year in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense compared with the same period in the previous year:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | respecto al año pasado, interanual |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.