anniversary
/ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/
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anniversary noun: 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.
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.
- A 'millennium' is a thousand-year anniversary.
- Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
- We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
- 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 occasion was the six-month anniversary of the Aug. 8 coup that brought General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores to power.1984 February 27, “Never Mind the Tranquil Facade”, in Time
- 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.2002 March 14, ‘Politics this Week’, The Economist
anniversary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
anniversary in Hindi
- day an exact number of years since an event
- वर्षगाँठ varṣagā̃ṭh, जयंती jayantī, सालगिरह sālgirah
anniversary in Tamil
- ஆண்டு நிறைவு, ஆண்டு விழா
anniversary in Marathi
- day an exact number of years since an event
- वाढदिवस vāḍhdivas
anniversary in Urdu
- day an exact number of years since an event
- سالْگِرَہْ sālgirah
- wedding anniversary
- شادی کی سالْگِرَہْ śādī kī sālgirah
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- anniversary in Bengali
- বার্ষিকী, জয়ন্তী, উত্সব, জন্মতিথিপালন
- anniversary in Malayalam
- വർഷംതോറുമുളള, ആണ്ടുതോറുമുളള, വാർഷികദിനാഘോഷം, സ്മാരകാഘോഷം വർഷാന്തരോത്സവം
- anniversary in Kannada
- ವಾರ್ಷಿಕೋತ್ಸವ vārṣikōtsava
- anniversary in Punjabi
- ਵਰ੍ਹੇਗੰਢ
- anniversary in Gujarati
- તિથિ tithi, વર્ષગાંઠ varṣagā̃ṭh
- anniversary in Nepali
- वार्षिकोत्सव, वर्षगाँठ
- anniversary in Pashto
- سالګره sālgerah
- anniversary in Tagalog
- anibersaryo
- anniversary in Arabic
- عِيد سَنَوِيّ ʕīd sanawiyy, يُوبِيل yūbīl
- anniversary in Malay
- ulang tahun
- anniversary in Indonesian
- hari ulang tahun, ulang tahun
- anniversary in Thai
- วันฉลองครบรอบ wan-chà-lɔ̌ɔng-króp-rɔ̂ɔp, วันครบรอบปี wan-króp-rɔ̂ɔp-bpii
- anniversary in Vietnamese
- ngày kỷ niệm
- anniversary in Myanmar
- နှစ်ပတ်လည်နေ့ hnacpatlanyne.
Examples of anniversary in a sentence
- As we mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we must seize this moment to build a genuine culture of free expression for all.2026 July 1, Fabiola Cineas, “‘The next 250 years belong to all of us’: Seven activists on rebuilding the US”, in Katharine Viner, editor...
- Today, our Nation celebrates the 81st anniversary of Imperial Japan’s unconditional surrender—the moment American might brought the Second World War to its end in complete and total victory.2026 August 17, Donald J. Trump, “Presidential Message on the Anniversary of Winning World War II”, in The White House, archived from the...
- Jonathon proposed to his [Jess's] mom on their three-month anniversary of meeting and married her on their fourth.2006, DB Schrock, Soulmonger Dot Com, page 28:
Synonyms of anniversary
Forms of anniversary
| plural | anniversaries |
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Origin of anniversary
From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).
Words formed from anniversary
- adoptaversary
- annish
- anniversarian
- anniversarily
- anniversariness
- anniversary clock
- anniversary day
- birthaversary
- blogiversary
- craniversary
- dateaversary
- deathiversary
- decaversary
- diamond anniversary
- friendiversary
- golden anniversary
- manniversary
- meetaversary
- mensiversary
- monthiversary
- monthsary
- paper anniversary
- platinum anniversary
- ruby anniversary
- silver anniversary
- soberversary
- tin anniversary
- tranniversary
- veganniversary
- weekiversary
- wood anniversary
- wooden anniversary
- workiversary
Phrases with anniversary
Words that rhyme with anniversary
Questions about anniversary
- What does anniversary mean?
- Anniversary means 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.
- What is anniversary in Hindi?
- Anniversary in Hindi is वर्षगाँठ (varṣagā̃ṭh), जयंती (jayantī), सालगिरह (sālgirah). See Anniversary meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use anniversary in a sentence?
- As we mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we must seize this moment to build a genuine culture of free expression for all.
- What part of speech is anniversary?
- Anniversary is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anniversary?
- Anniversary is pronounced /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anniversary?
- The plural of anniversary is anniversaries.
Words near anniversary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anniversary (page history and authors); anniversary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anniversary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anniversary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anniversary (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); તિથિ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); anniversary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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