anniversary

IPA: ænʌvˈɝsɝi

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.
(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
(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).

Examples of "anniversary" in Sentences

Oh, and I just realized that my anniversary is next Friday!
Our 10 year wedding anniversary is April 15, 2010 and we are planning a renewal ceremony.
This anniversary is one that most investors would rather forget: the tenth year after the 2000 market bubble burst.
My contribution to the anniversary is an article where a dozen writers share their memories of the first time they saw Star Wars.
Rachel Maddow observed what she called the anniversary "of the start of Newt Gingrich's collapse in political life" on her show Tuesday night.
This anniversary is a fitting symbol of the great number of links between Ontario and the United Kingdom, links of tradition, of kinship, of trade and of way of life.
He bristled at the word "anniversary" and told me that he had a hard time associating that word which for him conjured up memories of celebration with one of the worst days of his life.
The timing of this anniversary is another wonderful quirk in Michigan State's dream run to the national title game in 2009, that it would come exactly three decades after Magic and Bird changed the face of their game with their classic rivalry.
Caroline Goulding's season-opening concert for YCA's 50th anniversary is a testament to the organization that she founded in 1961 with a simple but complex mission: to discover and launch the careers of extraordinary but unknown young musicians.