Meaning & use
bicentennial
A two-hundredth anniversary, or the celebration marking it.
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The town organized fireworks and parades for its bicentennial celebration.
The nation's tricentennial will follow its bicentennial by exactly one hundred years.
A note on using this word
Bicentennial can be a noun for the anniversary itself or an adjective, as in 'bicentennial celebrations.'
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Relating to or marking a two-hundredth anniversary.
The city issued a special bicentennial coin to mark the milestone.
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