2004

Bush's reelection year

2004 is the year, used as shorthand for events, cultural moments, or conditions of that time: Facebook launched in 2004, the 2004 tsunami, back in 2004.

Like other recent years, it functions as an adjective modifying nouns: the 2004 election, 2004 prices.

events

tsunami

Seismic sea surge

Darfur · Cheney

Facebook

Harvard

Prestigious Cambridge university

wall · poke · networking · college · students · launch · startup · campus · membership · exclusivity

Olympics

Athens

Greece's capital city

gold · silver · bronze · stadium · marathon · gymnastics · swimming · diving · track · field

culture

Usher

R&B star's surname

Opposites
temporal distance

2004ancient times

Long-ago historical era

antiquity · time immemorial · prehistory · prehistoric era

century/era membership

2004ancient Rome

Early Italian empire city

ancient Egypt · 1904

century placement

20041904

Early twentieth century

1704 · twentieth century · nineteenth century · 1999 · 1900

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G