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# anniversary

noun (an anniversary, anniversaries)

«anniversary» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An anniversary is the day exactly one or more years after an important event, which people remember or celebrate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#m1)
2. A wedding anniversary is the day each year when a married couple remembers their wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#m2)
3. A sad anniversary is the day remembering a death or disaster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#m3)

### In the lessons

Families celebrate wedding anniversaries with cards or a meal; schools and towns mark anniversaries of their founding. On the anniversary of a loved one's death, families may visit the grave or light a candle. In maths, counting anniversaries is counting whole years: an event, then its first, second, third anniversary. Phrases: wedding anniversary, silver/golden anniversary, the anniversary of, happy anniversary.

### Examples

- It's Mum and Dad's wedding anniversary, so we made them a card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#x1)
- Nan and Grandpa had a golden anniversary party for fifty years of marriage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#x2)
- The school celebrated the anniversary of its opening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#x3)
- On the anniversary of Grandad's death, we visited his grave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#x4)
- Happy anniversary! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#x5)
- The town marked the anniversary of the flood with a minute's silence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#x6)
- This is the wofulest anniversary in the whole year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/#x7)

### Note

Countable; plural anniversaries (y → ies). Spelling: double n, -ersary. A birthday is a person's own anniversary of being born, but we just say "birthday". Silver = 25 years, golden = 50 years, diamond = 60 years of marriage.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anniversary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anniversary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anniversary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anniversary.html) on Mova free.