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Anniversary Wedding 25th Celebrations Company Noun ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri

Word3 anniversary
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri/ /ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri/
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  • on the anniversary of his wife’s death
  • to celebrate your wedding anniversary
  • the theatre’s 25th anniversary celebrations
  • the company is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year.
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anniversary

(noun)/ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri/ /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
    • The company is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year.
    • Public events will be held to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
    • They held celebrations to mark the anniversary of Mozart's death.
    • a yearlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of his company
    • The context was the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his birth.

    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 100th anniversary edition of this classic novel

    Word Origin

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