anniversary
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adjective anniversarius (“returning yearly”), from annus (“year”) + vertere (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
anniversary (plural anniversaries)
- A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
- Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
- (especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
- We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
- (loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
- 1984, ‘Never Mind the Tranquil Facade’, Time, 27 Feb 1984:
- The occasion was the six-month anniversary of the Aug. 8 coup that brought General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores to power.
- 2002, ‘Politics this Week’, The Economist, 14 Mar 2002:
- In a thinly veiled threat to Saddam Hussein, President George Bush marked the six-month anniversary of September 11th by reiterating America's commitment to prevent rogue countries obtaining weapons of mass destruction.
- 2006, DB Schrock, Soulmonger Dot Com, page 28:
- Jonathon proposed to his [Jess's] mom on their three-month anniversary of meeting and married her on their fourth.
- 1984, ‘Never Mind the Tranquil Facade’, Time, 27 Feb 1984:
Derived terms
- dateaversary
- hebdomadiversary
- meetaversary
Translations
day an exact number of years since an event
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wedding anniversary
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See also
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