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anniversaries

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noun

Say it like: Ann-ive-rsa-ree-s

The correct spelling is 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. For example: "Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war."

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Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.(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).

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