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Meaning of centennial in English

centennial
noun [ C ]
US
us
/senˈten.i.əl/ uk
/senˈten.i.əl/
(UK centenary, us
/-ˈten.ɚ-/ uk
/senˈtiː.nər.i/ /-ˈten.ər-/)
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(the day or year that is) 100 years after an important event:
centennial celebrations
Next year is the centennial of her death.
See also
bicentennial
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(Definition of centennial from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

centennial | Intermediate English

centennial
noun [ C ]
us
/senˈten·i·əl/
(also centenary, us/senˈten·ə·ri, ˈsent·ənˌer·i/)
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the day or year that is 100 years after a particular event, esp. an important one; the 100th anniversary:
The sculpture commemorates Wyoming’s centennial.
(Definition of centennial from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of centennial

centennial
This is the centennial year of that report.
From NPR
Droves of homeless people are flooding the landmark again -- even as workers prepared for last week's centennial celebration.
From New York Post
Congress celebrates national parks centennial with continued poor funding.
From Los Angeles Times
And our centennial will help us focus attention on the incredible progress of the university in fulfilling the vision of its founders.
From Dallas Morning News
The aroma from the centennial hops really sticks the landing on creating a tea aroma, as well.
From ABC News
The centennial committee is considering several items for the time capsule, including a cell phone.
From OregonLive.com
The museum's goal is to finish construction by 2019, just in time for its centennial in 2020.
From The Plain Dealer
If he was ever going to write about life with his father, he thought, the centennial would be the proper moment.
From Washington Post
It's hard to imagine any at the centennial.
From Los Angeles Times
In 2016, the museum will celebrate its centennial.
From Plain Dealer
As director emeritus, he plans to spend the next 14 months planning centennial-related events.
From NOLA.com
The museum's next leader will take the helm of an institution that has been physically transformed on the eve of its centennial in 2016.
From Plain Dealer
This weekend, the race celebrates its centennial, and the speed-lust kings and queens are still there, now in even greater numbers.
From NPR
The centennial also produced a bumper crop of 752,000 visitors in fiscal 2015.
From Minneapolis Star Tribune
His leadership will be critical as the university moves into the final years of its campaign and centennial commemorations in 2015.
From Dallas Morning News
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