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Word entry · 11 letters

anniversary

Best crossword clue

"Yearly date"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/Part of speech nounSorted aaeinnrrsvyStarts with AEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
1A2N3N4I5V6E7R8S9A10R11Y

Definitions

  1. A yearly date marking when an important event happened.

Word origin

From Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversāria (diēs), anniversārium, from anniversārius (“yearly”), from annus (“year”) + versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).

Used in a sentence

  • Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
  • We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
  • The occasion was the six-month anniversary of the Aug. 8 coup that brought General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores to power.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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