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Definition of celebrate



Overview of verb celebrate

The verb celebrate has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (11) observe, celebrate, keep

(behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur")

2. (6) celebrate, fete

(have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating")

3. (2) lionize, lionise, celebrate

(assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna")