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anniversary

Pronunciation: /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/

The English word “anniversary” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  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. Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
  3. 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).

Etymology

From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).

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