different between anniversary vs versa

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)

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.

   Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.

   1. (especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.

      We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.

2. (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.

Synonyms

• yearday
• yeartide (rare, nonstandard)

Hyponyms

• birthday
• yahrzeit

Derived terms

• dateaversary
• meetaversary

Translations

French

Verb

versa

1. third-person singular past historic of verser

Anagrams

• rêvas

Italian

Verb

versa

1. third-person singular present indicative of versare
2. second-person singular imperative of versare

Anagrams

• serva

Latin

Participle

versa

1. nominative feminine singular of versus
2. nominative neuter plural of versus
3. accusative neuter plural of versus
4. vocative feminine singular of versus
5. vocative neuter plural of versus

Participle

vers?

1. ablative feminine singular of versus

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• versene

Noun

versa n

1. definite plural of vers

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (noun form): Versi, versi (obsolete forms)

Noun

versa n

1. definite plural of vers

Verb

versa (present tense versar, past tense versa, past participle versa, passive infinitive versast, present participle versande, imperative vers)

1. Alternative form of verse

See also

• vice versa

Anagrams

• avser, ervas, revas, sarve, serva, vares

Portuguese

Verb

versa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of versar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of versar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?sa/, [?be?.sa]

Etymology 1

Adjective

versa f sg

1. feminine singular of verso

Etymology 2

Verb

versa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of versar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of versar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of versar.