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anniversary

[an-uh-vur-suh-ree]

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noun

the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event: the tenth anniversary of their marriage.

the celebration or commemoration of such a date.

wedding anniversary.

adjective

returning or recurring each year; annual.

pertaining to an anniversary: an anniversary gift. Abbreviation: anniv.

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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English anniversarie (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin (diēs) anniversāria anniversary (day), Latin anniversārius recurring yearly, equivalent to anni- (combining form of annus year) + vers(us) turned, past participle of vertere (vert- turn + -tus past participle suffix) + -ārius -ary

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Nothing is so sublime for the media as a first anniversary.

When the anniversary arrived, both parties were punctual to their engagement.

Next month, Knopf will release a 50th-anniversary edition of the book, .

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anniversary (ˌænɪˈvɜːsərɪ)

—n , pl -ries
1.	the date on which an event occurred in some previous year: a wedding anniversary
2.	the celebration of this

—*adj*
3.	of or relating to an anniversary
4.	recurring every year, esp on the same date

[C13: from Latin anniversārius returning every year, from annus year + vertere to turn]

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anniversary

early 13c., from L. anniversarius "returning annually," from annus (gen. anni) "year" (see annual) + versus, pp. of vertere "to turn" (see versus). The adj. came to be used as a noun in Church L. as anniversaria (dies) in ref. to saints' days.

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