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noun [ C ] uk / ˌæn.ɪˈvɜː.s ə r.i / us / ˌæn.əˈvɝː.sɚ.i / Add to word list. B1. the day on which an important event happened in a previous year: We always celebrate our wedding anniversary with dinner in an expensive restaurant. Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the revolution. Fewer examples.
[ an- uh - vur -s uh -ree ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. noun. , plural an·ni·ver·sa·ries. the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event: the tenth anniversary of their marriage. the celebration or commemoration of such a date. wedding anniversary. adjective. returning or recurring each year; annual. pertaining to an anniversary: : anniv.
/ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri/ (plural anniversaries) 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.
How common is the word anniversary? About 7 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word anniversary pronounced? British English. /ˌanᵻˈvəːs (ə)ri/ an-uh-VURSS-uh-ree. U.S. English. /ˌænəˈvərs (ə)ri/ an-uh-VURSS-uh-ree. See pronunciation. Where does the word anniversary come from? Earliest known use.
noun [ C ] uk / ˌænɪˈvɜːs ə ri / us. Add to word list. B1. a date on which you remember or celebrate something that happened on that date one or more years ago: a wedding anniversary. the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's death. See also. silver wedding anniversary.
3 days ago · Word forms: plural anniversaries. countable noun. An anniversary is a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year. The Queen visited the city for the theatre's 50th anniversary in 1982. Synonyms: jubilee, remembrance, commemoration More Synonyms of anniversary.
What does the verb anniversary mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb anniversary . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
