bicentennial

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌbaɪsɛˈntɛniːəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The 200th anniversary of an event or institution, or a celebration commemorating such an anniversary.; A period of two hundred years.
  2. adjective
    Of or relating to a 200th anniversary or a period of two hundred years.; Lasting or continuing for two hundred years.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: bicentennials

Collocations

bicentennial anniversarybicentennial celebrationbicentennial yearbicentennial commemoration

Derivatives

bicentenarybicentennially

Synonyms

bicentenary200th anniversary

Commonly confused

centennial
EN: 'Centennial' refers to a 100th anniversary, while 'bicentennial' refers to a 200th anniversary.
bicentenary
EN: 'Bicentenary' is the British English equivalent of 'bicentennial'; both mean the same thing but 'bicentennial' is preferred in American English.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the prefix 'bi-' (meaning two) plus 'centennial' (from Latin 'centum' = hundred). Do not drop the second 'n' in 'centennial'.

💬 Examples

  1. The United States celebrated its bicentennial in 1976.

  2. The bicentennial since the founding of the city has seen tremendous growth.

  3. The bicentennial celebrations included parades, fireworks, and historical reenactments.

  4. The bicentennial tradition of the university has been maintained through generations of scholars.