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anniversary
English
Etymology
From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin annivers?ria (di?s), annivers?rium, from annivers?rius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + vertere (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æn??v??s(?)?i/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æn??v?s(?)?i/, /?æn??v?s(?)?i/
Noun
anniversary (plural anniversaries)
- 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.
- Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
- (especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
- We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
- (loosely) 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).
- 1984, ‘Never Mind the Tranquil Facade’, Time, 27 Feb 1984:
- The occasion was the six-month anniversary of the Aug. 8 coup that brought General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores to power.
- 2002, ‘Politics this Week’, The Economist, 14 Mar 2002:
- In a thinly veiled threat to Saddam Hussein, President George Bush marked the six-month anniversary of September 11th by reiterating America's commitment to prevent rogue countries obtaining weapons of mass destruction.
- 1984, ‘Never Mind the Tranquil Facade’, Time, 27 Feb 1984:
Synonyms
- yearday
- yeartide (rare, nonstandard)
Hyponyms
- birthday
- yahrzeit
Derived terms
- dateaversary
- meetaversary
Translations
anniversary From the web:
- what anniversary is diamond
- what anniversary is wood
- what anniversary is 25 years
- what anniversary is silver
- what anniversary is today
- what anniversary is 10 years
- what anniversary is paper
- what anniversary is gold
independence
English
Alternative forms
- independance (obsolete)
Etymology
From French indépendance
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nd??p?nd?ns/
- Hyphenation: in?de?pend?ence
Noun
independence (countable and uncountable, plural independences)
- The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.
- The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
Derived terms
Translations
independence From the web:
- what independence day
- what independence day means
- what independence means
- what independence means to me
- what independence day is it today
- what independence is most important to you
- what independence day means to me
- what independence day is tomorrow
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