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anniversary

Meaning in simple English

US /ˌænəˈvɝsəri/ · UK /ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri/

anniversary means: A date each year that marks an event from a previous year.

noun

YEARLY DATEB1

A date each year that marks an event from a previous year.

  • Today is our wedding anniversary.
  • They celebrated the school’s fiftieth anniversary.
  • The family gathered on the anniversary of her death.

How to use it: anniversary of something (They marked the anniversary of the town’s founding.)

Common phrases: wedding anniversary, first anniversary, celebrate an anniversary

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