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Celebrate

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Verb

1. celebrate, keep, observe

behave as expected during of holidays or rites

Example Sentences:
'Keep the commandments'
'celebrate Christmas'
'Observe Yom Kippur'

2. celebrate, fete

have a celebration

Example Sentences:
'They were feting the patriarch of the family'
'After the exam, the students were celebrating'

3. celebrate, lionise, lionize

assign great social importance to

Example Sentences:
'The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood'
'The tenor was lionized in Vienna'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Celebrate

see synonyms of celebrate
verb
1. 
to rejoice in or have special festivities to mark (a happy day, event, etc)
2. (transitive)
to observe (a birthday, anniversary, etc)
she celebrates her ninetieth birthday next month
3. (transitive)
to perform (a solemn or religious ceremony), esp to officiate at (Mass)
4. (transitive)
to praise publicly; proclaim

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Celebrate

see synonyms of celebrate
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈceleˌbrated or ˈceleˌbrating
1. 
to perform (a ritual, ceremony, etc.) publicly and formally: solemnize
2. 
to commemorate (an anniversary, holiday, etc.) with ceremony or festivity
3. 
to honor or praise publicly
4. 
to mark (a happy occasion) by engaging in some pleasurable activity
verb intransitive
5. 
to observe a holiday, anniversary, etc. with festivities
6. 
to perform a religious ceremony
7. 
to mark a happy occasion by engaging in some pleasurable activity

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Celebrate

see synonyms of celebrate
v. cel·e·brat·ed, cel·e·brat·ing, cel·e·brates
v.tr.
1. To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing. See Synonyms at observe.
2. To perform (a religious ceremony): celebrate Mass.
3. To extol or praise: a sonnet that celebrates love.
4. To make widely known; display: "a determination on the author's part to celebrate ... the offenses of another" (William H. Pritchard).
v.intr.
1. To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremony or festivity.
2. To perform a religious ceremony.
3. To engage in festivities: went out and celebrated after the victory.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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