- a date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important or special event
- on the anniversary of his wife’s death
- to celebrate your wedding anniversary
- the theatre’s 25th anniversary celebrations
- The company is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year.
- Public events will be held to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
- They held celebrations to mark the anniversary of Mozart's death.
- a yearlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of his company
- The context was the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his birth.
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorceRomance- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
- be/find true love/the love of your life
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have/go on a (blind) date
- be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- get/be engaged/married/divorced
- arrange/plan a wedding
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
- have/enter into an arranged marriage
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
- be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
- be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have an affair (with somebody)
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship
- break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife/partner
- annul/dissolve a marriage
- apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband/partner)
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb2, Religion and festivalsb2- He bought her a diamond ring on their tenth wedding anniversary.
- Our 20th anniversary is coming up.
- The anniversary of the founding of the charity falls in November.
- the 100th anniversary edition of this classic novel
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- etc.
- …
- celebrate
- commemorate
- honour/honor
- …
- be
- fall
- approach
- …
- celebration
- party
- edition
- …
- anniversary of
- on an/the anniversary
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin anniversarius ‘returning yearly’, from annus ‘year’ + versus ‘turning’.Definitions on the go
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