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Anniversary Wedding Death Wife’s Theatre’s 25th Celebrations Noun
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BrE / ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri / NAmE / ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri / |
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- 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 / - 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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