anniversary

/ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi//ˌænəˈvɝs(ə)ɹi/

noun

  1. 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.”
  2. 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).

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