CENTENNIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centennial mean? 

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

1. the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

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

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

1. of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTENNIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

centenary; centennial

Hypernyms ("centennial" 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:

centennial (of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years)

• CENTENNIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

centenary; centennial

Context example:

centennial celebration

Pertainym:

century (a period of 100 years)

Derivation:

centennial (the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it))