centennial Definition
cen·ten·nial (sen ten′ē əl, -yəl)
adjective
- of 100 years
- happening once in 100 years
- lasting 100 years
- of a 100th anniversary
Etymology: < L centum, hundred + annus, year (see annual) + -al
noun
a 100th anniversary or its commemoration
centennial Related Forms
cen·ten′·ni·ally adverb
centennial Usage Examples
Preposition: of
flight: This website celebrates the centennial of flight as well as providing information about the men and women who made it possible.
Possessives
vegas: Doing away with las vegas ' centennial for broadband video start of play.
Converse of object
- celebrate: St Louis celebrates the centennial of the 1904 World's Fair.
- mark: This year marks the birth centennial of my mentor, Josei Toda, the second president of the Soka Gakkai.
- commemorate: The lofty Fontaine des Trois Ordres commemorates the centennial of the French Revolution.
Modifies a noun
- celebration: In 2003 we will honor the leading Scottish mathematician of the 20th century, at the Hodge centennial celebrations.
- anniversary: It was my good fortune to be invited to Japan on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of George Ohsawa's birth.
- year: Friday 8 October 1999, 7.30pm: Conway Hall A meeting to mark the centennial year of the birth of Noel Coward.
- history: Griffiths, N.E.S. The Splendid Vision: Centennial History of the National Council of Women of Canada, 1893-1993.
- birthday: The exposition celebrated 100 years of Tennessee's statehood a year after its true centennial birthday of 1896.
- timescales: Parameterisation Development Climate models run over decadal or centennial timescales require simpler aerosol schemes than are used in GLOMAP.
Noun used with modifier
coronation: There they attended a two-day celebration of the coronation centennial.

