anniversary
A day that is an exact number of years since a given significant event occurredA 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.
» Our wedding anniversary is coming soon.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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.
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
A 'millennium' is a thousand-year anniversary.
Jahrestag, Jubiläum
годовщи́наgodovščína, юбиле́йjubiléj
річни́цяričnýcja, ювіле́йjuviléj
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.
(especially)Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
Hochzeitstag
юбиле́йjubiléj, годовщи́наgodovščína
(broadly)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).
- the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
Examples
159 sentencesOur wedding anniversary is coming soon.
Today is my parents' wedding anniversary.
ruСегодня у моих родителей годовщина свадьбы.
deHeute ist der Hochzeitstag meiner Eltern.
Did you have a nice anniversary?
Let's celebrate the anniversary of our first date.
Let's celebrate the anniversary of our first kiss.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, fFrom 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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Forms
plural: anniversaries| Singular | anniversary |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it):day of remembrance
Word family
29 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- wedding anniversary
- their wedding anniversary
- our wedding anniversary
- on their anniversary
- wedding anniversary is