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bicentennial Definition

bi·cen·ten·nial (bī′sen ten′ē əl)

adjective

  1. happening once in a period of 200 years
  2. lasting 200 years
  3. of a 200th anniversary

noun

a 200th anniversary or its commemoration

bicentennial Usage Examples

Preposition: of

revolution: Waters began writing Ça Ira in 1989 during the bicentennial of the French Revolution.

Converse of object

  • celebrate: Many commemorative ceremonies are planned to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989.
  • commemorate: Trafalgar 200 commemorates the bicentennial of the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • mark: This new Worldwatch Paper marks the bicentennial of Thomas Malthus ' essay on the tendency for population to grow more rapidly than food supply.

Modifies a noun

  • celebration: Debra, the loud mouth, was born in 1976, the year of the Bicentennial celebration.
  • man: There's a quote from the God-awful Bicentennial Man, " That you can lose yourself.
  • year: He judged the Space Coast Arts Festival in bicentennial year.