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}); } </script> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> var pageDictCode = "english"; var authorized = false; </script> <div id="entryContent" class="oald"><div class="entry" sum="754" htag="section" hlength="11" id="anniversary" hclass="entry" sk="anniversary: :0" idm_id="000002121"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="anniversary_topg_1"><div class="webtop"><h1 class="headword" id="anniversary_h_1" hclass="headword" ox3000="y" random="y" htag="h1">anniversary</h1> <span class="pos" htag="span" hclass="pos">noun</span><div class="symbols" htag="div" hclass="symbols"><a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlists/oxford3000-5000?dataset=english&list=ox3000&level=b2"><span class="ox3ksym_b2"> </span></a></div><span class="phonetics"> <div class="phons_br" hclass="phons_br" geo="br" wd="anniversary" htag="div"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/a/ann/anniv/anniversary__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/a/ann/anniv/anniversary__gb_1.ogg" title="anniversary pronunciation
 English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri/</span></div> <div class="phons_n_am" hclass="phons_n_am" geo="n_am" htag="div" wd="anniversary"><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/a/ann/anniv/anniversary__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/a/ann/anniv/anniversary__us_1.ogg" title="anniversary pronunciation
 American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div><span class="phon">/ˌænɪˈvɜːrsəri/</span></div></span><div class="inflections" hclass="inflections" id="anniversary_ifgs_1" htag="div">(plural <span class="inflected_form" hclass="inflected_form" htag="span">anniversaries</span>)</div></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries"> jump to other results </a></div></div><ol class="sense_single" htag="ol"><li class="sense" fkox3000="y" htag="li" hclass="sense" id="anniversary_sng_1" fkcefr="b2"><span class="sensetop" hclass="sensetop" htag="span"><span class="def" hclass="def" htag="span">a date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important or special event</span></span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">on the anniversary of his wife’s death</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">to celebrate your <span class="cl">wedding anniversary</span></span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">the theatre’s 25th <span class="cl">anniversary celebrations</span></span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The company is <span class="cl">celebrating</span> its 100-year <span class="cl">anniversary</span> this year. </span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">Public events will be held to <span class="cl">commemorate the anniversary</span> of the end of the Second World War.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">They held celebrations to <span class="cl">mark the anniversary</span> of Mozart's death.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">a yearlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of his company </span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="x">The context was the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his birth.</span></li></ul><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" id="anniversary_unbox_1" unbox="wordfinder"><span class="box_title">Wordfinder</span><span class="body"><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/anniversary" title="anniversary definition"><span class="xref">anniversary</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/birthday" title="birthday definition"><span class="xref">birthday</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/celebrate#celebrate_sng_1" title="celebrate definition"><span class="xref">celebrate</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/commemorate" title="commemorate definition"><span class="xref">commemorate</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/festivity" title="festivity definition"><span class="xref">festivity</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/jubilee" title="jubilee definition"><span class="xref">jubilee</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/occasion_1#occasion_sng_2" title="occasion definition"><span class="xref">occasion</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/parade_1#parade_sng_1" title="parade definition"><span class="xref">parade</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/party_1#party_sng_2" title="party definition"><span class="xref">party</span></a></li><li class="li"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/reception#reception_sng_2" title="reception definition"><span class="xref">reception</span></a></li></ul></span></span></div><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" id="anniversary_unbox_2" unbox="colloc"><span class="box_title">Collocations <span class="closed">Marriage and divorce</span></span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">Marriage and divorce</span><span class="unbox">Romance</span><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><span class="eb">fall/be</span> (madly/deeply/hopelessly) <span class="eb">in love</span> (with somebody)</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">be/believe in/fall in</span> love at first sight</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">be/find</span> true love/the love of your life</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">suffer (from)</span> (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">have/feel/show/express</span> great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">meet/marry</span> your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">have/go on</span> a (blind) <span class="eb">date</span></li><li class="li"><span class="eb">be going out with/</span><span class="labels" htag="span" hclass="labels">(especially North American English)</span> <span class="eb">dating</span> a guy/girl/boy/man/woman</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">move in with/live with</span> your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner</li></ul><span class="unbox">Weddings</span><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><span class="eb">get/be</span> engaged/married/divorced</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">arrange/plan</span> a wedding</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">have</span> a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">have/enter into</span> an arranged marriage</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">call off/cancel/postpone</span> your wedding</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">invite somebody to/go to/attend</span> a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">conduct/perform</span> a wedding ceremony</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">exchange</span> rings/wedding vows/marriage vows</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">congratulate/toast/raise a glass to</span> the happy couple</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">be/go on</span> honeymoon (with your wife/husband)</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">celebrate</span> your first (wedding) anniversary</li></ul><span class="unbox">Separation and divorce</span><ul class="bullet"><li class="li"><span class="eb">be unfaithful to/</span><span class="labels" hclass="labels" htag="span">(informal)</span> <span class="eb">cheat on</span> your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">have</span> an affair (with somebody)</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">break off/end</span> an engagement/a relationship</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">break up with/split up with/</span> <span class="labels" hclass="labels" htag="span">(informal)</span> <span class="eb">dump</span> your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce</span> your husband/wife/partner</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">annul/dissolve</span> a marriage</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">apply for/ask for/go through/get</span> a divorce</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">get/gain/be awarded/have/lose</span> custody of the children</li><li class="li"><span class="eb">pay</span> alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband/partner)</li></ul></span></span></div><div class="collapse" hclass="collapse" htag="div"><span class="unbox" id="anniversary_unbox_3" unbox="extra_examples"><span class="box_title">Extra Examples</span><ul class="examples" htag="ul" hclass="examples"><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">He bought her a diamond ring on their tenth wedding anniversary.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">Our 20th anniversary is coming up.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">The anniversary of the founding of the charity falls in November.</span></li><li class="" htag="li"><span class="unx">the 100th anniversary edition of this classic novel</span></li></ul></span></div><span class="topic-g"><span class="prefix">Topics </span><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/life-stages?level=b2" title="Topic life-stages"><span class="topic" href="l2:people:life_stages?cefr=b2"><span class="topic_name">Life stages</span><span class="topic_cefr">b2</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/religion-and-festivals?level=b2" title="Topic religion-and-festivals"><span class="topic" href="l2:politics_and_society:religion_and_festivals?cefr=b2"><span class="topic_name">Religion and festivals</span><span class="topic_cefr">b2</span></span></a></span><div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" id="anniversary_unbox_4" unbox="snippet"><span class="box_title">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="unbox">adjective</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">first</li><li class="li">second</li><li class="li">etc.</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">verb + anniversary</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">celebrate</li><li class="li">commemorate</li><li class="li">honour/honor</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">anniversary + verb</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">be</li><li class="li">fall</li><li class="li">approach</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">anniversary + noun</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">celebration</li><li class="li">party</li><li class="li">edition</li><li class="li">…</li></ul><span class="unbox">preposition</span><ul class="collocs_list"><li class="li">anniversary of</li><li class="li">on an/the anniversary</li></ul><span class="xref_to_full_entry">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/anniversary" title=" definition in Collocations ">full entry</a></span></span></span></div><div class="collapse" htag="div" hclass="collapse"><span class="unbox" id="anniversary_unbox_3" unbox="wordorigin"><span class="box_title">Word Origin</span><span class="body"><span class="p">Middle English: from Latin <span class="ei">anniversarius</span> ‘returning yearly’, from <span class="ei">annus</span> ‘year’ + <span class="ei">versus</span> ‘turning’.</span></span></span></div> <div id="ring-links-box"> <a target="_blank" href="https://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/grammar_vocabulary/practical_english_usage_4th_edition/9780194202510?utm_source=old-site&utm_medium=content-link&utm_campaign=old-content-links"> <p><strong>Questions about grammar and vocabulary?</strong></p> <p>Find the answers with <strong><i>Practical English Usage</i></strong> online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.</p> </a> </div> </li></ol><span class="dictlink-g"><span class="dictlink">See <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/anniversary" title=" definition in American English "><span class="xh">anniversary</span></a> in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary</span></span><div class="pron-link">Check pronunciation: <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/pronunciation/english/anniversary">anniversary</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div id='ad_btmslot' class='am-default'> <script type='text/javascript'>iaw.cmd.push(function() { iaw.display('ad_btmslot'); });</script> </div> </div> </div> <div id="rightcolumn" class="responsive_entry_center_right"> <div id="relatedentries" class="responsive_row"> <h4 class="no-rule">Other results</h4> <dl class="accordion ui-grad"> <dt>All matches</dt> <dd> <ul class="list-col"> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/golden-anniversary" title="golden anniversary noun definition"><span class='arl2'>golden anniversary <pos-g htag="span" hclass="pos"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/silver-anniversary" title="silver anniversary noun definition"><span class='arl2'>silver anniversary <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wedding-anniversary" title="wedding anniversary noun definition"><span class='arl2'>wedding anniversary <pos-g hclass="pos" htag="span"><pos>noun</pos></pos-g></span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/golden-jubilee" title="golden anniversary definition"><span class='arl4'>golden anniversary</span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ruby-wedding" title="ruby anniversary definition"><span class='arl4'>ruby anniversary</span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/silver-jubilee" title="silver anniversary definition"><span class='arl4'>silver anniversary</span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/diamond-wedding" title="diamond anniversary definition"><span class='arl4'>diamond anniversary</span></a> </li> <li > <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ruby-wedding" title="ruby wedding anniversary definition"><span class='arl4'>ruby wedding anniversary</span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/diamond-wedding" title="diamond wedding anniversary definition"><span class='arl4'>diamond wedding anniversary</span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/golden-anniversary" title="golden wedding anniversary definition"><span class='arl4'>golden wedding anniversary</span></a> </li> <li class='more'> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/silver-anniversary" title="silver wedding anniversary definition"><span class='arl4'>silver wedding anniversary</span></a> </li> </ul> <a class="see-more" >See more</a> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="responsive_row nearby"> <h4>Nearby words</h4> <ul class="list-col"> <li> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/annihilate" title="Definition of annihilate verb in English"><DATA class="hwd">annihilate <pos>verb</pos></DATA></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/annihilation" title="Definition of annihilation noun in English"><DATA class="hwd">annihilation <pos>noun</pos></DATA></a> </li> <li> <span> <a class='selected' href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/anniversary" title="Definition of anniversary noun in English"><DATA class="hwd">anniversary <pos>noun</pos></DATA></a> </span> </li> <li> <a 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