BICENTENARY (bicennaries)

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Irregular inflected form: bicennaries   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bicentenary mean? 

• BICENTENARY (noun)
  The noun BICENTENARY has 1 sense:

1. the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

  Familiarity information: BICENTENARY used as a noun is very rare.

• BICENTENARY (adjective)
  The adjective BICENTENARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years

  Familiarity information: BICENTENARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BICENTENARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

bicentenary; bicentennial

Hypernyms ("bicentenary" 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:

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

• BICENTENARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

bicentenary; bicentennial

Context example:

bicentennial celebration

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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