anniversary
the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event: the tenth anniversary of their marriage.
the celebration or commemoration of such a date.
returning or recurring each year; annual.
pertaining to an anniversary: an anniversary gift.Abbreviation: anniv.
Origin of anniversary
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How to use anniversary in a sentence
The conversations can be about the challenges of holidays, anniversaries, and new family configurations.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone | Samantha Levine | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThese events come and go so quickly now that the anniversaries rain down ever harder.
And just as there are many anniversaries to mark, so memory itself has gotten shorter.
“We do weddings, bar mitzvahs, christenings, anniversaries,” Beck announced.
Beck’s Musical Time Machine: This Wasn’t a Concert. It was a Spectacular Party. | Andrew Romano | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSpeaking of 50-year anniversaries, the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who recently aired.
Carey Mulligan, Star of ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ on the Coen Brothers, ‘N Sync Fandom, Lorde, and More | Marlow Stern | December 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The month of October brought round one of the most disagreeable anniversaries in my life.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoThe meetings to which family anniversaries gave rise filled in the future of earthly joy to them.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket | Honore de BalzacHenry and Maria had many hearty friends to keep their many anniversaries.
Heart | Martin Farquhar TupperAs it was one of the anniversaries of the denomination, thousands were present to hear the discourse.
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army | S. Emma E. EdmondsHe had a mortal dislike, poor Stransom, to lean anniversaries, and loved them still less when they made a pretence of a figure.
The Altar of the Dead | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for anniversary
/ (ˌænɪˈvɜːsərɪ) /
the date on which an event occurred in some previous year: a wedding anniversary
the celebration of this
of or relating to an anniversary
recurring every year, esp on the same date
Origin of anniversary
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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