celebrate
verb/ˈselɪbreɪt/
/ˈselɪbreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they celebrate | /ˈselɪbreɪt/ /ˈselɪbreɪt/ |
| he / she / it celebrates | /ˈselɪbreɪts/ /ˈselɪbreɪts/ |
| past simple celebrated | /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/ /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle celebrated | /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/ /ˈselɪbreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form celebrating | /ˈselɪbreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈselɪbreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to show that a day or an event is important by doing something special on it
- Jake's passed his exams. We're going out to celebrate.
- We had good reason to celebrate.
- celebrate something to celebrate a birthday
- We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in Florence.
- to celebrate a victory/a success/an achievement
- The Film Festival is currently celebrating its 27th year.
- How do people celebrate New Year in your country?
- celebrate something with somebody/something He made the trip home to celebrate Christmas with his family.
- celebrate with somebody/something She celebrated with a party for family and friends.
- Maybe I'll celebrate with some friends.
- celebrate doing something In this photo he celebrates winning the men's 10 000 metres final.
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsa2- Let's go out and celebrate!
- The event was celebrated with a parade.
- Australia Day is celebrated on January 26th.
- [transitive] celebrate something to perform a religious ceremony, especially the Christian communion serviceTopics Religion and festivalsc1
- [transitive] (formal) to praise somebody/something
- celebrate somebody/something songs that celebrate the joys of romantic love
- a movie celebrating the life and work of Nelson Mandela
- celebrate somebody as something The competition has millions of fans and national winners are celebrated as heroes.
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from Latin celebrat- ‘celebrated’, from the verb celebrare, from celeber, celebr- ‘frequented or honoured’.
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