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What (who) is centenary - definition
UNIT OF TIME LASTING 100 YEARS
Centennial Day; Centuries; Centennary; Centuary; Centenaries; Yearhundred; Centry; Hectoyear
centenary
CELEBRATION AT THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AN EVENT
Centenary; Centiuniennial; Centenial; Centennial Anniversary; Centennials; 100th Anniversary; 100th anniversary; 100. anniversary; 100. Anniversary
(centenaries)
The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use centennial
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...the centenary of the death of the Dutch painter, Vincent Van Gogh.
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Centenary
CELEBRATION AT THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AN EVENT
Centenary; Centiuniennial; Centenial; Centennial Anniversary; Centennials; 100th Anniversary; 100th anniversary; 100. anniversary; 100. Anniversary
·adj Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.
II. Centenary ·adj Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial.
III. Centenary ·noun The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.
IV. Centenary ·noun A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.
centenary
CELEBRATION AT THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF AN EVENT
Centenary; Centiuniennial; Centenial; Centennial Anniversary; Centennials; 100th Anniversary; 100th anniversary; 100. anniversary; 100. Anniversary
n.
1.
(Rare.) Century, a hundred years.
2.
Hundredth anniversary, centennial celebration.
Wikipedia
Century
A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word century comes from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred. Century is sometimes abbreviated as c.
A centennial or centenary is a hundredth anniversary, or a celebration of this, typically the remembrance of an event which took place a hundred years earlier.
A century from now will be 13:48, 17 April 2123.
Examples of use of centenary
1. Panathinaikos centenary Panathinaikos soccer club unveiled plans yesterday for a wide range of events in Athens to celebrate its centenary next year.
2. Taesong Saturday to commemorate the centenary of his birth.
3. In three years, the case‘s centenary will surely yield more interesting research.
4. Also in Betjeman‘s beloved Cornwall, at Trebetherick, there will be the John Betjeman Centenary Golf Trophy.
5. Mr Phillips made the gag during an after dinner speech at Imperial College London‘s centenary ball.