anniversaries
- 1Plural of anniversary.
The couple kept a calendar of important anniversaries spanning four decades together.
City officials hold ceremonies on the anniversaries of major historical events.
Note
The spelling follows the rule for nouns ending in a consonant plus y: the y becomes -ies. Ordinals travel with the plural too, so two milestones can share one noun: the fiftieth and hundredth anniversaries. Wedding anniversaries are the most common kind. In the broader use the interval need not be a year, and the length of time comes first: six-month anniversaries.
anniversaries is a form of anniversary
anniversary, noun: A date that falls an exact number of years after an important event, such as a wedding; loosely, one marking another set period, such as six months. Full entry
- Forms
- anniversaryanniversaries plural
- Spelling
- anniversary → anniversaries: change y to i, add -es
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