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Anniversary Wedding Death Wife’s Theatre’s 25th Celebrations Noun

Word anniversary
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri / NAmE / ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri /
Example
  • on the anniversary of his wife’s death
  • to celebrate your wedding anniversary
  • the theatre’s 25th anniversary celebrations
  • he bought her a diamond ring on their tenth wedding anniversary.
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anniversary

(noun)BrE / ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri / NAmE / ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri /
  1. a date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important or special event
    • on the anniversary of his wife’s death
    • to celebrate your wedding anniversary
    • the theatre’s 25th anniversary celebrations

    Extra Examples

    • He bought her a diamond ring on their tenth wedding anniversary.
    • Our 20th anniversary is coming up.
    • The anniversary of the founding of the charity falls in November.
    • The event celebrates its silver anniversary this summer.
    • They held celebrations to mark the anniversary of Mozart’s death.
    • on the 20th anniversary of his death
    • the 100th anniversary edition of this classic novel
    • the 200th anniversary year of Darwin’s birth
    • the anniversary of their son’s death
    • It’s our wedding anniversary tomorrow.
    • She’s organizing the theatre’s 25th anniversary celebrations.
    • Today is the anniversary of his wife’s death.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Latin anniversarius ‘returning yearly’, from annus ‘year’ + versus ‘turning’.
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