OneWords in English -Time

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 One word Substitution is one of the important parts of vocabulary. It means that a sentence has to be replaced with a single word.

Time

Annual - once in a year

Eg:Its is notified that annually meeting will be held in month of june 

Biennial - in two years

Eg:A biennial plant is a flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological life cycle

Triennial - in three years

Eg: A bill was brought in parliament that New Zealand elections must be held triennial basis,

Quadrennial -  in four years

Eg:29th february is Quadrennial

Quinquennial - in five years

Eg: In india indian give their vote to form government in loksabha quinquennial

Decennial - in ten years

Eg:population register is being updated by the department Decennial basis

Semicentennial- 50th anniversary

Rekha celebrated her 50th marriage anniversary last month

Centennial - 100th anniversary

Our nation is celebrating 100th anniversary of our national hero this year

sesquicentennial - 150th anniversary

Note: Root word:sesqui- (1½) x centennial (100 years)

Eg:The city celebrated its sesquicentennial last year.

Bicentennial - 200th anniversary

Eg:The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s

Trientennial - 300th anniversary

Eg:The  re-created Amber fort opened to the public in June 2011 for the tricentennial celebration of jaipur King 

Tetra centennial - 400th anniversary

Eg:The university of Chicago celebrated its tetracentennial anniversary in 2011

Pentacentinnial - 500th anniversary

Eg:The Bumbastories Penta-Centennial june Magazine Posted on june 5, 2019 by thomas

Sexagenarian - one who is in sixties

who is between 60 and 69 years old.

Septuagenarian - one who is in seventies

who is between 70 and 79 years old.

Octagenarian - one who is in eighties

who is between 80 and 89 years old.

Centenarian - one who is hundred years old

A centenarian is who has reached the age of 100 years.

Century - a period of hundred years

Millennium - a period of 1000 years

Golden Rule:

Enn is root words related to time 

Eg:perennial centennial 

Per is prefix it means complete 

Per*ennial means Forever 

Gen is root word means birth 

Eg:gender generation