anniversary
B2UK /ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri/US /ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri/
Meaning
noun
a date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important or special event
“on the anniversary of his wife’s death”
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“(Laughter) Mind you, they'd had their fourth anniversary, because it's a long time when you're 16.”
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“few days we will mark the 50th anniversary of the riots at Stonewall when the patrons of the Stonewall Inn showed up that night people of all races gay and transgender young”
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“at Babson College celebrate its hundredth anniversary.”
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