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centennial

noun · adjective

Simple meaning

The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Pronunciation

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sɛnˈtɛniəl

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Definition

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noun

  1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

  2. The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

adjective

  1. Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years

  2. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.

  3. Happening once in a hundred years.

  4. Lasting or aged a hundred years.

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Synonyms

Sense: hundredth anniversary of an event or happening

centenary

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