Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Happening once every 200 years.
- adjective Lasting for 200 years.
- adjective Relating to a 200th anniversary.
- noun A 200th anniversary or its celebration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or lasting two hundred years: as, a bicentennial period.
- Occurring every two hundred years.
- noun The two hundredth anniversary of an event; a bicentenary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.
- adjective Consisting of two hundred years.
- adjective Occurring every two hundred years.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to the 200th
anniversary of an event or happening. - adjective Occurring every two-hundred (200) years
- noun The 200th
anniversary of an event or happening.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- adjective of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lydia Lunch got her musical start in bicentennial New York as one of the early performers in what may or may not have been punk rock.
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The 70's were such a distinctive and interesting decade, and the bicentennial was the height of it.
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Today, we recall the bicentennial of a watershed in the history of the Church in the United States: its first great chapter of growth.
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Today we recall the bicentennial of a watershed in the history of the Church in the United States: its first great chapter of growth.
Archive 2008-04-20 papabear 2008
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The bicentennial was a significant event because it showed that democracy works.
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The bicentennial was a horrible year for National League rookies.
NYT > Home Page By MIKE TANIER 2011
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Moore called the War of 1812 "the fight for Canada" and said the bicentennial is an ideal opportunity to "get kids involved and to learn about this country's brilliant history."
Thestar.com - Home Page Jim Coyle 2011
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The first event for the bicentennial will be a free horse show beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Henderson County Fairgrounds.
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The Solon bicentennial, which is to be celebrated with events throughout the year, was observed Saturday with nearly three dozen residents dressed in the clothing of the day.
Maine News Updates - Central Maine Newspapers, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel 2009
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I searched for "bicentennial" news today and received one hit for a Lincoln's birthday event on the first page.
Civil War Bookshelf 2009
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