anniversary
Other forms: anniversaries
An anniversary marks the date on which an event happened — a five-year wedding anniversary occurs exactly five years after a wedding.
When someone refers to "our anniversary," they are typically talking about the day they were married. News organizations regularly recognize the anniversaries of important people's births and deaths, plus anniversaries of significant news events and national tragedies, like Sept. 11 2001 or Dec. 7, 1941. This word comes from Latin; remember that annus means year and you can relate the word to annual. Sometimes the world is used more loosely, like when new couples celebrate their one-month anniversary.
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the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)synonyms: day of remembrancetypes:birthdayan anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)jubileea special anniversary (or the celebration of it)wedding anniversarythe anniversary of the day on which you were married (or the celebration of it)sesquicentennialthe 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it)diamond jubileean anniversary celebrating the passage of 60 yearssilver jubileean anniversary celebrating the passage of 25 yearssilver wedding anniversarythe 25th wedding anniversarygolden wedding anniversarythe 50th wedding anniversarytype of:daya day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
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