celebrate
/ˈsɛl.ə.bɹeɪt/verb3 syllables
Celebrate means: behave as expected during of holidays or rites.
Synonyms for celebrate6
verb, as in assign great social importance to
lionize, lionise
verb, as in have a celebration
fete
What does celebrate mean?3
verb
1
behave as expected during of holidays or rites“Keep the commandments”
2
assign great social importance to“The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood”
3
have a celebration“They were feting the patriarch of the family”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Celebrate in a sentence
- When people no longer want to read their poets, they celebrate them.abburns
- As you know, we're gathered here to celebrate my birthday.DanielDaniel
- We celebrate the truths of the teachers, prophets, and sages of all eras.Miktsoanit
- When my parents will be dead, it will give me something to celebrate.LoverofEnglish
- The contract is in the bag, so let's go out and celebrate.CM
- We should all celebrate, it's time for peace.carlosalberto
- Jews don't celebrate the holocaust, they commemorate it.BRyeO12
- Further down the mountain, the villagers were celebrating the snow's disappearance.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of celebrate
as a verb
- past tense
- celebrated
- present participle
- celebrating
- third-person singular
- celebrates
- past participle
- celebrated