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- pronunciation:
- se
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breIt
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
celebrates, celebrating, celebrated |
| definition 1: |
When you celebrate, you do something special to show how happy you are or how special something or someone is to you. People often celebrate by having parties or festivals and giving gifts. Holidays and birthdays are typical times when people celebrate.
After we won the big game, we went out for pizza to celebrate.- antonyms:
- mourn
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| definition 2: |
When we celebrate something, we honor it and make it special in some way.
We celebrated my grandma's birthday at her favorite restaurant this year.Our town celebrates the Fourth of July with fireworks and a big parade.- synonyms:
- observe
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| related words: |
praise |
| derivations: |
celebrative (adj.), celebratory (adj.), celebrator (n.) |
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