 celebrate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] celebrate, as of holidays or rites | |
| Synonyms: | observe keep | |
| Examples: | "Keep the commandments" "celebrate Christmas" "Observe Yom Kippur" |
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| Related terms: | commemorate mourn solemnize ceremony celebration celebrant celebration | |
| 2. | [ verb ] have a celebration | |
| Synonyms: | fete | |
| Examples: | "They were feting the patriarch of the family" "After the exam, the students were celebrating" |
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| Related terms: | meet revel party receive maffick jubilate celebrant feast | |
| 3. | [ verb ] assign great social importance to | |
| Synonyms: | lionize lionise | |
| Examples: | "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood" "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" |
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| Related terms: | respect lion | |
| Similar spelling: |
celebrater celebrated celebrant celebrator celebrex celebratory celebration celebrity culebra |
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