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Definition of centenary noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

centenary

noun
 
/senˈtiːnəri/
 
/senˈtenəri/
(plural centenaries)
(especially British English)
(North American English usually centennial)
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  1. the 100th anniversary of an event
    • The club will celebrate its centenary next year.
    • the centenary year
    • centenary celebrations
    see also bicentenary, tercentenaryTopics Timec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + centenary/​centennial
    • celebrate
    • commemorate
    • mark
    • …
    centenary/​centennial + noun
    • celebrations
    • year
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a century): from Latin centenarius ‘containing a hundred’, based on Latin centum ‘a hundred’.
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