bicentennial Definition
bi·cen·ten·nial (bī′sen ten′ē əl)
adjective
- happening once in a period of 200 years
- lasting 200 years
- 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.
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