Celebrate
WordNet
verb
(1) Assign great social importance to
"The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"
"The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
(2) Have a celebration
"They were feting the patriarch of the family"
"After the exam, the students were celebrating"
(3) Celebrate, as of holidays or rites
"Keep the commandments"
"Celebrate Christmas"
"Observe Yom Kippur"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
- to celebrate the name of the Most High
- To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep.
- to celebrate a birthday
- To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
- I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate!
- To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites.
- to celebrate a marriage
Related terms
- celebrant
- celebration
- celebrated
- celebrator
- celebratory
- celebrity
Verb form
celebrate