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How to pronounce anniversary
Say it like this: /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does anniversary mean?
nounA 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.
“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 Víctores to power.”
adjLasting for or completed in a year.
“Their applauded Government is like a Turn-coat, and is Anniversary.”
Synonym of yearly (“occurring once a year; recurring annually”).
verbTo mark, commemorate, or celebrate the anniversary of (something).
“Most men, and most parties, and most nations, can gain no triumph over their opponents, without fêting and anniversarying it for ever after.”
To mark, commemorate, or celebrate an anniversary, especially a wedding anniversary.
“Sorry buddy, Jenn and I are anniversarying tonight!”
To pass the anniversary of (something), in the context of a company’s yearly financial report.
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