anniversary

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

day of remembrance

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