- (also informal celeb, informal sleb)[countable] a famous person
- a celebrity chef
- He became a celebrity in China after winning a gold medal at the Olympics.
- Hollywood/TV celebrities
- He achieved instant celebrity status.
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsa2- He became a minor celebrity among Manhattan's cultural élite.
- He became something of a celebrity in his home town.
- The show's success made her an overnight celebrity.
- Tonight's show features a host of celebrities.
- It's his dream to become a celebrity chef.
- She was the first TV celebrity he had met in the flesh.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- international
- local
- national
- …
- host
- make somebody
- profile
- status
- chef
- …
- something of a celebrity
- [uncountable] the state of being famous synonym fame
- Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life?
- He achieved overnight celebrity as a war correspondent.
Extra Examples- The diary charts her path from obscurity to international celebrity.
- He briefly achieved celebrity as a radical politician.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘solemn ceremony’): from Old French celebrite or Latin celebritas, from celeber, celebr- ‘frequented or honoured’.
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