| VERB | social | celebrate, observe, keep | behave as expected during of holidays or rites |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | celebrate, fete | have a celebration | |
| social | celebrate, lionize, lionise | assign great social importance to |
| Sounds | seh'lahbrey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Behave as expected during of holidays or rites. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "celebrate Christmas" | |
| Synonyms | observe, keep | |
| Narrower | commemorate, mark | mark by some ceremony or observation |
| mourn | observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one | |
| solemnize, solemnise | observe or perform with dignity or gravity | |
| Spanish | celebrar, festejar, oficiar | |
| Catalan | celebrar | |
| Nouns | celebrant, celebrator | a person who is celebrating |
| celebration | any joyous diversion | |
| celebration | the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | |
| celebration | a joyful / joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event | |
| Meaning | Have a celebration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | fete | |
| Narrower | jubilate | celebrate a jubilee |
| party | Have or participate in a party / party | |
| receive | Have or give a reception | |
| revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail | celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking | |
| Broader | meet, get together | get together socially or for a specific purpose |
| Spanish | agasajar, celebrar, festejar | |
| Catalan | celebrar, complimentar | |
| Adjectives | celebratory | used for celebrating |
| Nouns | celebrant, celebrator | a person who is celebrating |
| celebration | any joyous diversion | |
| celebration | a joyful / joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event | |
| Meaning | Assign great social importance to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood" | |
| Synonyms | lionize, lionise | |
| Broader | respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe | show respect towards |
| Spanish | celebrar, laurear | |
| Catalan | celebrar | |
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