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SEMICENTENNIAL

Dictionary entry overview: What does semicentennial mean?

• SEMICENTENNIAL (noun)
The noun SEMICENTENNIAL has 1 sense:

1. the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Familiarity information: SEMICENTENNIAL used as a noun is very rare.

• SEMICENTENNIAL (adjective)
The adjective SEMICENTENNIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary

Familiarity information: SEMICENTENNIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEMICENTENNIAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

semicentenary; semicentennial

Hypernyms ("semicentennial" is a kind of...):

anniversary; day of remembrance (the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it))

• SEMICENTENNIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

semicentennial ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

semicentenary; semicentennial

Pertainym:

semicentennial (the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it))

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