Centennial
adjective
Related to a 100-year period.
The city is planning a huge party for its centennial anniversary next year
Often appears as...
- centennial celebration
- centennial anniversary
noun
The one-hundredth anniversary of a significant event.
Many alumni returned to the university for the centennial
Often appears as...
- celebrate a centennial
- centennial commemoration
adjective
Happening once every one hundred years.
It was a centennial occurrence, a rare and grand spectacle
Often appears as...
- centennial occurrence
- centennial event
adjective
Related to a 100-year period.
The city is planning a huge party for its centennial anniversary next year
Often appears as...
- centennial celebration
- centennial anniversary
noun
The one-hundredth anniversary of a significant event.
Many alumni returned to the university for the centennial
Often appears as...
- celebrate a centennial
- centennial commemoration
adjective
Happening once every one hundred years.
It was a centennial occurrence, a rare and grand spectacle
Often appears as...
- centennial occurrence
- centennial event
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Celebratory Context
Often used to talk about city, institution, or country anniversaries, usually with festivities.
The town's centennial celebration included a parade and fireworks.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Annual
'Centennial' refers specifically to 100-year milestones, not more frequent annual events.
Our country will mark its next centennial in 2076.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Importance
Centennial anniversaries often celebrate historically significant moments.
The centennial of the armistice was solemnly observed nationwide.
Pro Tip 1/3Celebratory Context
Often used to talk about city, institution, or country anniversaries, usually with festivities.
The town's centennial celebration included a parade and fireworks.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Annual
'Centennial' refers specifically to 100-year milestones, not more frequent annual events.
Our country will mark its next centennial in 2076.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Importance
Centennial anniversaries often celebrate historically significant moments.
The centennial of the armistice was solemnly observed nationwide.
Pro Tip 1/3Celebratory Context
Often used to talk about city, institution, or country anniversaries, usually with festivities.
The town's centennial celebration included a parade and fireworks.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Annual
'Centennial' refers specifically to 100-year milestones, not more frequent annual events.
Our country will mark its next centennial in 2076.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Importance
Centennial anniversaries often celebrate historically significant moments.
The centennial of the armistice was solemnly observed nationwide.
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People, Plants and...
thousands of plant species to persist in ecosystems and to contribute to ecosystems throughout the world just a little aside here nature Kenya the organization I work for as I chair the insect committee celebrated its centennial a couple of years ago and as
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The Unexpected,...
In fact, seagrasses not only grow along the seafloor -- they also raise the seafloor upwards at rates of one to four millimeters per year, and they do so, over centennial timescales,
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People, Plants and...
thousands of plant species to persist in ecosystems and to contribute to ecosystems throughout the world just a little aside here nature Kenya the organization I work for as I chair the insect committee celebrated its centennial a couple of years ago and as
Video examples
The Unexpected,...
In fact, seagrasses not only grow along the seafloor -- they also raise the seafloor upwards at rates of one to four millimeters per year, and they do so, over centennial timescales,
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Quote examples
Drew Gilpin Faust
American Historian
As a kid, I was growing up in an era of celebration of the Civil War centennial, with a lot of 'Lost Cause' emphasis on the Confederacy. I used to play Civil War soldiers with my brothers as a child, and my older brother always insisted that he got to be Lee, and I got be Grant. I never knew that Grant won until quite some time had passed.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
The theme of the Labor Department's centennial is 'Then, Now, Next.' So in honoring Esther Peterson, we look not just to the past but to the future, acknowledging with honesty and a sense of purpose the lingering challenges we still face and the distance we've yet to travel before equality is truly a reality in the lives of all women.
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Judith Rodin
American Public Servant
I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
Labor Day 2013 is special. This year marks the centennial of the U.S. Department of Labor - 100 years of working for America's workers.
Quote examples
Drew Gilpin Faust
American Historian
As a kid, I was growing up in an era of celebration of the Civil War centennial, with a lot of 'Lost Cause' emphasis on the Confederacy. I used to play Civil War soldiers with my brothers as a child, and my older brother always insisted that he got to be Lee, and I got be Grant. I never knew that Grant won until quite some time had passed.
Quote examples
Tom Perez
American Politician
The theme of the Labor Department's centennial is 'Then, Now, Next.' So in honoring Esther Peterson, we look not just to the past but to the future, acknowledging with honesty and a sense of purpose the lingering challenges we still face and the distance we've yet to travel before equality is truly a reality in the lives of all women.
Quote examples
Judith Rodin
American Public Servant
I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.
Quote examples
Tom Perez
American Politician
Labor Day 2013 is special. This year marks the centennial of the U.S. Department of Labor - 100 years of working for America's workers.
Example 1 of 4
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