| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·ni·ver·sa·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n  -vûr s-r |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. an·ni·ver·sa·ries
1. The annually recurring date of a past event, especially one of historical, national, or personal importance: a wedding anniversary; the anniversary of the founding of Rome. 2. A celebration commemorating such a date. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English anniversarie, from Medieval Latin (dis) annivers ria, anniversary (day), from Latin, feminine of anniversrius, returning yearly : annus, year; see at- in Appendix I + versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Appendix I.
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