bicentenary

noun

bi·​cen·​te·​na·​ry ˌbī-(ˌ)sen-ˈte-nə-rē How to pronounce bicentenary (audio)
(ˌ)bī-ˈsen-tᵊn-ˌer-ē,
ˌbī-(ˌ)sen-ˈtē-nə-rē
bicentenary adjective

Examples of bicentenary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The events in the bicentenary will be hosted across the north east of England, including at the expansive Hopetown museum in Darlington which opened in the summer and incorporates several period buildings such as the 1833 Goods Shed which is now a museum shop and cafe. Carlton Reid, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 On May 10, the gallery will celebrate its bicentenary and evince its evolution into a contemporary model for what a museum can offer the public—even with a traditional collection. Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024 To mark the bicentenary of his death, the Greek Ambassador to the United Kingdom will lay a wreath at Byron’s statue in Trinity College. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 Bolcom was one of an international array of composers commissioned by the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt, in Austria, to mark the 2009 bicentenary of Joseph Haydn’s death. Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 15 July 2023 In Egypt, the bicentenary is both prompting celebrations and sparking calls for Britain to return the stone. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022 During the ceremony, held on Peru's bicentenary of independence from Spain, the leftist leader vowed broad changes to fight corruption and monopolies, and to increase spending on education and health. Harold Maass, The Week, 29 July 2021 Activists and politicians in France’s formerly colonized overseas territories objected to celebrations of the bicentenary. Washington Post, 5 May 2021 In 2005 Jacques Chirac, a Gaullist predecessor at the Elysée Palace, refused—amid protests at the time—to commemorate the bicentenary of Napoleon’s victory at Austerlitz. The Economist, 6 Mar. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bicentenary was in 1872

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“Bicentenary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicentenary. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

bicentenary

adjective
bi·​cen·​te·​na·​ry ˌbī-(ˌ)sen-ˈten-ə-rē How to pronounce bicentenary (audio)
(ˈ)bī-ˈsent-ᵊn-ˈer-ē,
ˌbī-(ˌ)sen-ˈtē-nə-rē
bicentenary noun

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