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anniversary

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/ˌænɪˈvɜːs(ə)ɹi/ English

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  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. (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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