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.