Library / English Dictionary

ANNIVERSARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

Synonyms:

anniversary; day of remembrance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("anniversary" is a kind of...):

day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anniversary"):

birthday (an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it))

jubilee (a special anniversary (or the celebration of it))

wedding anniversary (the anniversary of the day on which you were married (or the celebration of it))

semicentenary; semicentennial (the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

centenary; centennial (the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

sesquicentennial (the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

bicentenary; bicentennial (the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

tercentenary; tercentennial; triennial (the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

quatercentenary; quatercentennial (the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

quincentenary; quincentennial (the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

millenary; millennium (the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

bimillenary; bimillennium (the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

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