Anniversary definition
That is an anniversary.
adjective
The annually recurring date on which some event took place.
noun
The annually recurring date of a past event, as of personal or historical importance.
A wedding anniversary; the anniversary of the founding of Rome.
noun
The commemoration of such an event on that date in following years.
noun
An event at which an anniversary is celebrated.
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A date that follows a certain event by a specified amount of time.
His six-month anniversary of quitting smoking.
noun
Of or connected with an anniversary.
adjective
(more specifically) Such, where the event is a wedding.
We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
noun
(loosely) Any commemoration, not based on years, of the date of an event.
The six-month anniversary of their wedding.
noun
The definition of an anniversary is a date on which something important happens that is noted in some way each year thereafter.
An example of an anniversary is the day on which a person got married.
An example of an anniversary is 9/11 after the bombing in New York.
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Of a significant event, a day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since the event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years that have elapsed since the event.
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
noun
(loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some (especially significant) factor other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
anniversary
Plural:
anniversariesOrigin of anniversary
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From the Latin adjective anniversarius (“returning yearly”), from vertere (“to turn”), + annus (“year”).
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