SEMICENTENARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semicentenary mean? 

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

1. the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

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

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

1. of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMICENTENARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

semicentenary; semicentennial

Hypernyms ("semicentenary" is a kind of...):

anniversary; day of remembrance (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it))

• SEMICENTENARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

semicentenary; semicentennial

Pertainym:

semicentenary (the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it))