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Word: Anniversary
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Latin anniversarius ‘returning yearly’, from annus ‘year’ + versus ‘turning’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌanɪˈvəːs(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year
Short Definition:date on which event took place or institution was founded in previous year
Examples:- the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
- the 75th anniversary of the RAF
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