Meaning & use
diamond anniversary
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Meaning
nouncountable
The sixtieth anniversary of a marriage or other event, traditionally marked with gifts or a celebration.
Grammar: Countable: their diamond anniversary, a diamond anniversary party.
Patterns
- celebrate a diamond anniversary
- a diamond anniversary of something
My grandparents celebrated their diamond anniversary with a family dinner.
The town held a parade for the diamond anniversary of its founding.
The couple received a card from the mayor on their diamond anniversary.
Word forms
| plural | diamond anniversaries |
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Common combinations
- celebrate a diamond anniversary
- They celebrated their diamond anniversary in the garden.
- reach a diamond anniversary
- Few couples reach a diamond anniversary.
- diamond anniversary party
- We planned a diamond anniversary party for them.
- diamond anniversary gift
- A framed photo made a lovely diamond anniversary gift.
- mark the diamond anniversary
- The city will mark the diamond anniversary of the bridge.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sixtieth anniversary
- Sixtieth anniversary states the exact number, while diamond anniversary uses the traditional name and sounds more festive.
- diamond jubilee
- Diamond jubilee is used mainly for a sixty-year reign or major public event, not usually a marriage.
Word family
- anniversary noun
- a yearly date of an event
- diamond noun
- a hard, valuable gemstone
- golden anniversary noun
- the fiftieth anniversary
- silver anniversary noun
- the twenty-fifth anniversary
Commonly confused: diamond anniversary or golden anniversary?
diamond anniversary vs golden anniversary
A golden anniversary marks fifty years, not sixty.
Practice
Which anniversary is traditionally called the diamond anniversary?
Choose one answer.
The diamond anniversary is the sixtieth. The fiftieth is the golden anniversary, which is a common mix-up.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “diamond anniversary”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.