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celebrate

ce·leb·rate

UK/ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ US/ˈsɛl.ə.bɹeɪt/ common

verb

1.

celebrate, as of holidays or rites

  • “Keep the commandments”
  • “celebrate Christmas”
  • “Observe Yom Kippur”
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2.

have a celebration

  • “They were feting the patriarch of the family”
  • “After the exam, the students were celebrating”
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3.

assign great social importance to

  • “The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood”
  • “The tenor was lionized in Vienna”
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Origin

From Middle English celebraten, from celebrat(e) (“celebrated”, also used as the past participle of celebraten) + -en, borrowed from Latin celebrātus, perfect passive participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian and frēolsian.

Phrases

  • celebrate one's 19th birthday in Poland
  • celebrating Palm Sunday

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