What is "celebrate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does celebrate mean in English? Meaning of celebrate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "celebrate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "celebrate": behave as expected during of holidays or rites

Verb

  • Meaning: behave as expected during of holidays or rites
  • Example: Keep the commandments celebrate Christmas Observe Yom Kippur
  • Synonyms: celebrate keep observe
  • Hyponyms: commemorate mark mourn solemnise solemnize
  • Meaning of "celebrate": have a celebration

    Verb

  • Meaning: have a celebration
  • Example: They were feting the patriarch of the family After the exam, the students were celebrating
  • Synonyms: celebrate fete
  • Hyponyms: jollify jubilate make happy make merry make whoopie party racket receive revel wassail whoop it up
  • Hypernyms: get together meet
  • Meaning of "celebrate": assign great social importance to

    Verb

  • Meaning: assign great social importance to
  • Example: The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood The tenor was lionized in Vienna
  • Synonyms: celebrate lionise lionize
  • Hypernyms: abide by honor honour observe respect
  • Synonyms:

    perform, laud, proclaim, observe, praise, honor, revere, commend, revel, lionize, solemnize, signalize, jubilate, hallow, rejoice, eulogize, extol, exalt, fete, party, carouse, glorify, memorialize, feast, dedicate, keep, bless, consecrate, publicize, have a ball, ritualize, beat the drum, blow off steam, ceremonialize, drink to, let loose, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, paint the town red, raise hell, kick up one's heels,

    Antonyms:

    blame, denounce, reproach, disapprove, deny, refuse, condemn, castigate, humiliate, disregard, ignore, criticize, be sad, debase, forget, neglect, overlook,

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    celebrate in English: celebrate
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