tercentenary
/,tə:sen'ti:nəri/ Cách viết khác : (tercentennial) /,tə:sən'tenjəl/ (tricentenary) /,tə:
Definition
Noun: - A 300th anniversary or its celebration: An event, ceremony, or period marking the passage of 300 years since a significant occurrence.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The university is planning a grand concert for its tercentenary next year.
- A special coin was minted to commemorate the town's tercentenary.
Advanced Usage
- "Tercentenary celebrations": Refers to the specific events held to mark a 300-year anniversary.
- The tercentenary celebrations included a historical exhibition and a public festival.
Variants and Related Words
- Tercentennial (noun/adjective): A direct synonym for tercentenary, meaning a 300th anniversary or pertaining to such an anniversary.
- The tercentennial of the composer's birth was widely observed.
- Tricentenary (noun/adjective): Another less common variant with the same meaning.
- Anniversary (noun): The yearly recurrence of the date of a past event. (Tercentenary is a specific type of anniversary).
- Centenary/Centennial (noun): A 100th anniversary.
- Bicentenary/Bicentennial (noun): A 200th anniversary.
Synonyms
- 300th anniversary: The most direct descriptive synonym.
- Tricentennial: An alternative term.
Related Phrases
- To mark/observe/celebrate a tercentenary: Common verbs used with this noun.
- The nation will observe the tercentenary of the treaty's signing.
Noun
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the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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