anniversary

«anniversary» in Mova's school dictionary: the day exactly one or more years after an important… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an anniversary, anniversaries)

meaning for a pupil

1) An anniversary is the day exactly one or more years after an important event, which people remember or celebrate. tree →

2) A wedding anniversary is the day each year when a married couple remembers their wedding. tree →

3) A sad anniversary is the day remembering a death or disaster. tree →

sense 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 →
• Nan and Grandpa had a golden anniversary party for fifty years of marriage. tree →
• The school celebrated the anniversary of its opening. tree →
• On the anniversary of Grandad's death, we visited his grave. tree →
• Happy anniversary! tree →
• The town marked the anniversary of the flood with a minute's silence. tree →
• This is the wofulest anniversary in the whole year. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• A golden wedding anniversary means a couple has been married for fifty years.
• Families visit graves, send cards, mark the anniversary, hold memorial services and even put up benches with little plaques.
• The anniversary of a death often brings the sadness back strongly; families may light a candle, visit the grave or share stories.
• Five years later they still call it «beanbag day» and share a biscuit on its anniversary.
• Sad feelings often return around the anniversary of a death; it does not mean you are going backwards.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anniversary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.