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BICENTENNIAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: bicennaries   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Synonyms:

bicentenary; bicentennial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("bicentennial" is a kind of...):

anniversary; day of remembrance (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it))

Derivation:

bicentennial (of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years

Example:

bicentennial celebration

Synonyms:

bicentenary; bicentennial

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

bicentennial (the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

Derivation:

bicentennial (the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

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