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bicentennial
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Word definitions for bicentennial in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Relating to the 200th anniversary of an event or happening. 2 Occurring every two hundred (200) years n. The 200th anniversary of an event or happening.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bicentennial \Bi`cen*ten"ni*al\, n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years; "bicentennial celebration" [syn: bicentenary ] n. the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: bicentenary ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But did you know that this mechanical wonder is celebrating its bicentennial ?
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also bi-centennial , 1843 (adj.), 1871 (noun), American English, from bi- + centennial (q.v.). In rivalry with bicentenary (1831) which seems to have been the more common word in Britain.
Usage examples of bicentennial.
How convenient for His Honor that the city bicentennial just happened to coincide with the kickoff for his reelection campaign.
The new Grand Prix course snakes through 35 acres once known as Bicentennial Park.
To hear Grand Prix boosters tell it, the winos of Bicentennial Park are the urban equivalent of the Viet Cong.
Apparently shrubbery was not the kind of green that Bicentennial Park was meant to sprout.
The city previously leased Bicentennial to promoter Ralph Sanchez, who paved it for a Grand Prix.
Now Carmen Lunetta, czar of the Port of Miami, wants to expand Bicentennial and adjacent property into a fancy harborage for cruise liners.
But look at large-scale boondoggles such as the Grand Prix and the Lipton tennis tournament, which have transformed Bicentennial and Crandon parks respectively.
Nixon, the celebration of the Bicentennial, the presidency of Carter, all aimed at restoration.
Well, that part of the plan collapsed with Watergate, so we decided to make the Bicentennial a celebration of the new Republican leadership.
But look at large-scale boondoggles such as the Grand Prix and the Lipton tennis tournament, which have transformed Bicentennial and Crandon parks respectively.
One beefy man well over six feet tall, in an elegant cowboy hat, polished cowboy boots, a pin-striped suit and a western string tie, capsulizes the matter so: "I'm an unholy son of a bitch if those amazing fucking Jews haven't gone and fucking upstaged the Bicentennial!
On a similar note, this season's Grand Prix, held at the mutilated Bicentennial Park, lost $652,000that, after getting a $350,000 subsidy from the tourist tax.
But the Democratic National Convention went to New York in the Bicentennial year, and Puppetman knew that here was his moment.