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anniversary

/ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. (loosely) 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).

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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