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BICENTENNIAL (bicennaries)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bicentennial mean?
• BICENTENNIAL (noun)
The noun BICENTENNIAL has 1 sense:
1. the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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 years
Familiarity information: BICENTENNIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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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