Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a 100-year period.
- adjective Occurring once every 100 years.
- noun A 100-year period.
- noun A centennial.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or consisting of a hundred; relating to a period of a hundred years; recurring once in every hundred years: as, a centenary festival or celebration.
- noun pl. centenaries (-riz).
- noun The space of a hundred years.
- noun What I call by this name has grown up in the last centenary — a word I may use to signify the hundred years now ending. De Morgan, in Correspondent of Oct. 28, 1865.
- noun The commemoration or celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event, as the birth of a great man: as, the centenary of Burns; the centenary of the Constitution of the United States.
- noun A centenarian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.
- adjective Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial.
- noun The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.
- noun A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years.
- noun A one hundredth
anniversary
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
- noun the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The bridge, restored for its centenary, is a worthy contribution to future tourism in Durango state.
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The Carter centenary is accelerating into the homestretch.
Everybody's Talkin' Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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The bridge, restored for its centenary, is a worthy contribution to future tourism in Durango state.
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The bridge, restored for its centenary, is a worthy contribution to future tourism in Durango state.
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The Carter centenary is accelerating into the homestretch.
Archive 2008-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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The bridge, restored for its centenary, is a worthy contribution to future tourism in Durango state.
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Our thoughts today go also to Stockholm, where the other awards are being made, and where the centenary is being marked of the death of Alfred
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As we approach our centenary, which is five years from now, we must constantly remind ourselves of the historical truth and act on its basis, that for our movement to continue to live and to lead into and during the second century of its fighting existence, it must remain a movement of the people - Lekgotla la Sechaba, Umbutho we Sizwe!
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Denis Thatcher scrawled back: 'J.C. [Jesus Christ] What I do for the Party!', adding: 'The same evening I was going to attend probably the best Rugby Football Dinner this year, namely the centenary of the Middlesex RFU.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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'The centenary is a perfect time to celebrate and we are embarking on an imaginative range of projects to make sure 2009 is truly memorable.
Media Newswire 2009
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