anniversary
Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/
  • (America) IPA: /ˌænɪˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/, /ˌænəˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/
Noun

anniversary (plural anniversaries)

  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.
    Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
    1. (especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
      We are celebrating our tenth anniversary today.
  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).
    • 2006, DB Schrock, Soulmonger Dot Com, page 28:
      Jonathon proposed to his [Jess's] mom on their three-month anniversary of meeting and married her on their fourth.
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