Definitions for centennial

centennial cen·ten·ni·al

Spelling: [sen-ten-ee-uh l]
IPA: /sɛnˈtɛn i əl/

Centennial is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 345 anagrams from letters in centennial (aceeilnnnt).

Definitions for centennial

noun

  1. a 100th anniversary or its celebration; centenary.

adjective

  1. pertaining to, or marking the completion of, a period of 100 years.
  2. pertaining to a 100th anniversary.
  3. lasting 100 years.
  4. 100 years old.

Origin of centennial

1790-1800; Latin cent- 100 (see cent) + English -ennial pertaining to a period of years (extracted from biennial)

Examples for centennial

It is June of the centennial year, and all the land is ablaze with patriotic fervor.

It is well for us that the Lincoln centennial comes to say this to us persuasively and commandingly.

At least you would have wondered a decade ago in the centennial year.

Her hymn for the Bolivar centennial has become the national song of Venezuela.

I was there once, in the centennial, and it was so full everywheres.

Because Kansas is kicking off its centennial year, she concentrated on a very Kansas subject: Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz.

The centennial West line, which would be about the same size, would sweep west from Oklahoma towards California.

The campaign to make “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national anthem began on the centennial of the song in 1914.

To commemorate the centennial on Friday, shops and eateries will price their goods as if it were 1913.

Friday Dec 13 brought reports of yet another school shooting, this one at Arapahoe High School, in centennial, CO.

Word Value for centennial
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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