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Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-uh-vur-suh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn əˈvɜr sə ri



Définition of anniversary

Origin :
  • early 13c., originally especially of the day of a person's death, from Medieval Latin anniversarium, from Latin anniversarius (adj.) "returning annually," from annus (genitive anni) "year" (see annual (adj.)) + versus, past participle of vertere "to turn" (see versus). The adjective came to be used as a noun in Church Latin as anniversaria (dies) in reference to saints' days. An Old English word for "anniversary" (n.) was mynddæg, literally "mind-day."
  • noun yearly observance, celebration
Example sentences :
  • In 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, they both died.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Eight years from now America will celebrate its 200th anniversary as a nation.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Read at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the state of Kansas.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • It is very fitting that this anniversary should be duly recognized.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • This was at about the period when Olympia Squires became involved in the anniversary.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • I see her, an old woman, weeping for me on the anniversary of this day.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • It had always been so on this anniversary of their bridal night.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • It was the anniversary of the day on which Theodora had left her home.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • I am not surrounded on this anniversary, as in former years, by the friends of my childhood.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • I have made this anniversary a day of fasting for many a year back.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

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