silver wedding anniversary
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- noun
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aniversario de plata
- We planned a big party to celebrate our silver wedding anniversary this weekend.
- celebrate their silver wedding anniversary
Examples
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We'll always remember our silver wedding anniversary.
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Today is our silver wedding anniversary.
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I thought you would like to know we're celebrating our silver wedding anniversary.
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You know, if you two don't hurry, you're gonna be late for your silver wedding anniversary.
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My grandparents are looking forward to their silver wedding anniversary next month.
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Celebrating their silver wedding anniversary, they shared stories about their life together.
Synonyms
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A celebration of 25 years since an important event like a marriage or founding
How Significant
Surface Forms
Morphology
silver + wedding + anniversary
The phrase clearly composes 'silver' + 'wedding' + 'anniversary', so a learner who knows the words will understand it denotes a special wedding anniversary linked to 'silver'. However, the specific numeric meaning (the 25th anniversary) depends on cultural convention (silver = 25 years) and is not directly predictable from the literal words alone, so full interpretation requires extra cultural knowledge despite cross-linguistic parallels.
Etymology
Silver wedding anniversary comes from an old custom of giving silver gifts for the 25th year of a wedding, because silver was a valuable metal used to mark a long marriage. So, it now means 'the 25th anniversary' and a special celebration of many years together.