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BICENTENNIAL (bicennaries)

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Irregular inflected form: bicennaries  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bicentennial mean? 

BICENTENNIAL (noun)
  The noun BICENTENNIAL has 1 sense:

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

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


BICENTENNIAL (adjective)
  The adjective BICENTENNIAL has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BICENTENNIAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

bicentenary; bicentennial

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)


BICENTENNIAL (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:

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

Derivation:

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


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