Anniversary

Definition: Anniversary

Anniversary

Noun

1. The date on which an event occurred in some previous year.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "anniversary" was first used: 12th century. (references)

Tips from 1870

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Synonym: Anniversary

Celebration

Noun: celebration, solemnization, jubilee, commemoration, ovation, paean, triumph, jubilation, ceremony (rite); holiday, fiesta, zarabanda, revelry, feast (amusement); china anniversary, diamond anniversary, golden anniversary, silver anniversary, tin anniversary, china jubilee, diamond jubilee, golden jubilee, silver jubilee, tin jubilee, china wedding, diamond wedding, golden wedding, silver wedding, tin wedding.

Regularity of recurrence Periodicity

Anniversary, jubilee, centenary.

Crosswords: Anniversary

But I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it. I'm swamped (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

Speaking of chronic conditions, happy anniversary. (Guys and Dolls; writing credit: Abe Burrows; Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

And on our anniversary. He's not even a painter you know (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Happy Anniversary. (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra)

One man's garbage is another man's anniversary present (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

You are an engineer if you can remember seven computer passwords but not your anniversary. (references; author: unknown)

Walt Disney's 50th Anniversary Show (1973)

Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special (1970)

Anniversary Game (1969)

The Anniversary (1968)

Anniversary (1963)

Our Anniversary (performing artist: Shep and The Limelites)

Anniversary (performing artist: Tony! Toni! Tone!)

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Books

• Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth: 20th Anniversary Edition (reference)

• Corvette 50th Anniversary 2003 Calendar (reference)

• Stretching: 20th Anniversary (Stretching, 20th Ed) (reference)

• The Art of Being Garfield 2003 Calendar: 25 Anniversary (reference)

• The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Twilight Zone - 40th Anniversary Gift Set (reference)

• The Best of Schoolhouse Rock! - 30th Anniversary Edition (reference)

• The Way We Were - 25th Anniversary Edition (reference)

• Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (30th Anniversary Edition) (reference)

• The Third Man (50th Anniversary Edition) - Criterion Collection (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 20th Anniversary Album (reference)

• Earthbound: 30th Anniversary Edition (reference)

• Usa: 30th Anniversary Edition (reference)

• 70th Anniversary Special (reference)

• Mozart Anniversary (1956) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• SONY TCDD100 - 10th Anniversary Datman DAT Player/Recorder (reference)

• Wharfedale Diamond Anniversary Bookshelf Speakers, Real Oak Veneer (Pair) (reference)

• American Sign Language 10th Anniversary Edition (reference)

• Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.0 Anniversary Edition (reference)

• Picture It! Publishing Platinum 2002 Anniversary Edition (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Calphalon Commercial Bakeware 25th Anniversary Set (reference)

• Le Creuset 10-Inch Round Anniversary Pan, Blue (reference)

• Amerock BP874-G9 Sterling Nickel Anniversary Pull (reference)

• Black & Decker RD1440K 85th Anniversary 14.4V Cordless Drill/Driver Kit (reference)

• Makita 6914DWBE 30th Anniversary 12-Volt Cordless Kit Variable Speed, Reversible Impact Driver (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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NASA Celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Credit: NASA.

In honor of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's eighth anniversary, we have gift-wrapped Saturn in ... Credit: NASA.

To mark the first anniversary of the Hubble Heritage Project, we present four Hubble telescope ... Credit: NASA.

H. Arnold Karo and President Dwight David Eisenhower 150th Anniversary Dinner of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

At the Women in Military Service to America Memorial's third anniversary celebration held Oct. 15 at Arlington National Cemetery, retired Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught (left), helps Navy Lt. Comdr. Susan Kilrain, unveil the Shuttle Mission Display collage. Kilr.

Covered wagon and pioneer on Oregon Trail. NHOTIC 10th Anniversary, wagon train reenactment. Credit: John Craig.

Medium shot of water barrel on covered wagon. NHOTIC 10th Anniversary. Credit: John Craig.

Encampment from wagon train reenactment. NHOTIC 10th Anniversary. Credit: John Craig.

Wagon train reenactment. Wagon train at the base of Lookout Mountain. NHOTIC 10th Anniversary. Credit: John Craig.

NHOTIC 10th Anniversary, wagon train reenactment. Credit: John Craig.

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Business

At the May 2000 anniversary of the World Telecommunication Day, the Ministry of Information Industry predicted that in 2000, the China domestic mobile telecommunication users will increase to a total of 70 million. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bulgaria

Members of the organization subsequently marked the anniversary in the town of Petrich itself. (references)

Hong Kong

On June 4, tens of thousands attended the annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the anniversary. (references)

Vietnam

Up to 300,000 persons traveled there in July to celebrate another traditional anniversary that the Government does recognize. (references)

Economic History

Iceland

National holiday: June 17, anniversary of the establishment of the republic. (references)

Sweden

Both countries in 1988 celebrated the 350th anniversary of the first Swedish settlement in the United States. (references)

Venezuela

Investors must return tax rebates to the government if an investment is withdrawn before its fourth anniversary. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

In October 2000, similar celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the KWP reportedly involved upwards of 1 million persons. (references)

Korea

In September 1998, celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK included hours of carefully choreographed demonstration of mass adulation of the leadership. (references)

Thailand

In July the President of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) wrote to the Prime Minister to request public release of information on the 10th anniversary of Thanong's disappearance. (references)

Minorities

Ukraine

In May 1999, on the anniversary of Stalin's deportation of the Tatars to Central Asia, 35,000 Tatars demonstrated for official recognition of the Mejlis, Tatar representation in the Crimean parliament, and for official status for the Tatar language. (references)

Ukraine

Demonstrations held on the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars during the year were smaller and less politicized; however, Crimean-Tatar leaders continued to call for changes in the electoral law that would allow them to achieve greater representation in the Crimean legislature. (references)

Morocco

On April 14, authorities in Fez banned a meeting scheduled to commemorate the anniversary of the cultural and political "Berber Manifesto." The Government also banned the Berber national conference scheduled for June 22 to 24, although it ultimately allowed the conference to be held in Rabat on November 9 to 11. The activists called on the Government to recognize and teach Berber languages; to provide more information about their culture in the press; and to end restrictions on registering Berber names for children. (references)

Travel

Nepal

Because of frequently changing security conditions, U.S. government employees are periodically forbidden from road travel outside the Kathmandu valley, particularly when the likelihood of violence is high, such as during elections or on Maoist anniversary dates. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Security was intensified during sensitive anniversaries and festival days, and particularly during ceremonies surrounding the 50th anniversary of the "Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" in the summer. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "anniversary": Anniversary day ♦ anniversary issue ♦ Anniversary week ♦ celebrate an anniversary ♦ china anniversary ♦ Diamond anniversary ♦ diamond wedding anniversary ♦ five hundred anniversary ♦ gold anniversary ♦ golden anniversary ♦ golden wedding anniversary ♦ observe the anniversary of ♦ person celebrating an anniversary ♦ ruby anniversary ♦ silver anniversary ♦ silver wedding anniversary ♦ tin anniversary ♦ wedding anniversary. Additional references.

Ending with "anniversary": fiftieth-anniversary, half-anniversary, tenth-anniversary.

Albanian

vjetor (annual, yearly), përvjetor (jubilee). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سنوي (annual, yearly), ‏عيد سنوي (gaudy), ‏ذكرى سنوية, ‏خاص بذكرى سنوية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

юбилей (jubilee), юбилеен, годишнина. (various references)

Chinese 

周年 (Anniversaries). (various references)

Czech

výroèní (annual), výroèí, jubileum (jubilee). (various references)

Dutch

verjaardag (birthday), herdenkingsdag, gedenkdag. (various references)

Esperanto

memortago, datreveno. (various references)

Farsi 

مجلس یادبودیاجشن سالیانه , سوگواری سالیانه , جشن یادگاری , جشن سالیانه عروسی . (various references)

Finnish

vuosipäivä, vuosijuhla (annual celebration), muistopäivä. (various references)

French

anniversaire. (various references)

German

Jahrestag, Jubiläum (jubilee). (various references)

Greek 

επέτειοσ, επέτειος. (various references)

Hebrew 

יום השנה, חגיגת יום השנה. (various references)

Hungarian

évforduló (centenary, centennial, jubilee). (various references)

Indonesian

peringatan (admonition, celebration, exhortion, expotulation, warning), hari peringatan (jubilee). (various references)

Italian

compleanno (birthday), anniversario (jubilee). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

記念祭 (commemoration), 記念日 (holiday, memorial day), 年祭 , アニサキス症 (aniline, anima, animal, animation, animator, animism, anisakiasis, annual report), 周年 (whole year). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きねんび (holiday, memorial day), きねんさい (commemoration, prayer service for a good crop), しゅうねん (implacability, tenacity, whole year), ねんさい, アニバーサリー . (various references)

Korean 

기념일 (Anniversaries). (various references)

Malagasy

tsingerin'andro. (various references)

Manx

laa bleeaney, feailley bleeaney, bleeaney (of a year). (various references)

Norwegian

årsdag. (various references)

Pig Latin

anniversaryay.(various references)

Polish

rocznica. (various references)

Portuguese

aniversário (birthday). (various references)

Romanian

annual (annual, annually, per annum, yearly), aniversare (birthday), aniversar. (various references)

Russian 

годовщина. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

jubilejski, jubilej (jubilee), jubilaran, godišnjica. (various references)

Spanish

aniversario (jubilee). (various references)

Swedish

årsdag. (various references)

Thai

การฉลองครบรอบปี, วันครบรอบปี. (various references)

Turkish

yıldönümü kutlaması, yıldönümü (jubilee). (various references)

Turkmen 

яyllyk (annual). (various references)

Ukrainian

річниця, річний (annual, yearlong, yearly), роковини, щорічний (annual, yearly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ngày kỷ niệm, lễ kỷ niệm (commemoration). (various references)

Welsh

pen-blwydd (birthday), cylchwyl (festival). (various references)

anniversaria, anniversarius. (various references)

Misspellings

"Anniversary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anaiversary, anaversary, aniversario, aniversary, aniversery, aniversiry, aniverssary, annaiversary, annaversary, anneversary, anneverssary, anninversary, anniversaey, anniversaire, Anniversario, anniversay, anniverserry, anniversery, anniversiary, anniverssary, anniversury, annuversary, annversary, anyversary. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: insnarer, nirvanas.

-4 letters: arrives, insaner, insnare, nirvana, ravines, savarin, sierran, vanners, variers, yarners.

-5 letters: airers, aivers, anears, arenas, arisen, arrays, arrive, arsine, avians, aviary, inaner, inanes, inners, insane, invars, nairas, naiver, naives, narine, navars, navies, raiser, ravens, ravers, ravine, ravins, renins, resiny, rinser, rivers, savine, senary, sienna, sierra, sinner, snarer, vainer, vanner, varier.