centennial
Speech parts
1. centennial - Noun
2. centennial - Adjective
3. Centennial - Proper noun
Meaning
Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.
Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.
The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary.
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I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.
Labor Day 2013 is special. This year marks the centennial of the U.S. Department of Labor - 100 years of working for America's workers.
centennial celebration
2068 * The Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument is expected to be opened 100 years after the time capsule was locked in 1968.
A 3D version of Titanic, released on April 4, 2012 to commemorate the centennial of the sinking, earned it an additional $343.6 million worldwide, pushing the film's worldwide total to $2.18 billion.
Acceptable place names are usually added to a ZIP Code in cases where the ZIP Code boundaries divide them between two or more cities, as in the case of Centennial.