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: an anniversary gift.Abbreviation: anniv.
Origin of anniversary
1200–50; Middle English anniversarie (<Anglo-French ) <Medieval Latin (diēs) anniversāria anniversary (day), Latin anniversārius recurring yearly, equivalent to anni- (combining form of annus year) + vers(us) turned, past participle of vertere (vert- turn + -tus past participle suffix) + -ārius-ary
Words nearby anniversary
annihilation, annihilation radiation, annihilator, Anniston, anniv., anniversary, anniversary day, anniversary reaction, anno aetatis suae, anno Domini, anno mundi
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We’ll be taking a deeper look at that coverage as we approach the 100th anniversary of the magazine.
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Two days after the 81st anniversary of Accra’s most destructive earthquake, three earth tremors in under 10 minutes shook the sleeping city on Thurs.
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In 1995, Myerson made a point not to attend the 75th anniversary of the Miss America pageant.
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Liu was nearing the 20th anniversary of his arrival in America, having landed from China on Christmas Eve, 1994, at the age of 12.
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It is anniversary that will go largely unacknowledged, like so much else about the history of the event.
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This year will represent the 20th anniversary of the first Running of the Santas.
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Billboard and Entertainment Weekly similarly praised it upon the anniversary.
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The last occasion was the anniversary of my poor aunt's death.
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The month of January brings around one anniversary which, of late, has been much in the minds of the British people.
The Quiver 12/1899|Anonymous
For an hour he shivered and thought of his wife, the neighbors, and the anniversary.
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While forming these projects, I tell Eva that we will keep the anniversary of yesterday as a holiday all our lives.
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Twenty-seven years later, on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, his body was taken to Richmond for burial.
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British Dictionary definitions for anniversary
anniversary
/ (ˌænɪˈvɜːsərɪ) /
nounplural-ries
the date on which an event occurred in some previous yeara wedding anniversary
the celebration of this
adjective
of or relating to an anniversary
recurring every year, esp on the same date
Word Origin for anniversary
C13: from Latin anniversārius returning every year, from annus year + vertere to turn