Associations to the word «Celebrate»

Pictures for the word «Celebrate»

Wiktionary

CELEBRATE, verb. (transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
CELEBRATE, verb. (transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep.
CELEBRATE, verb. (intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
CELEBRATE, verb. (transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites.

Dictionary definition

CELEBRATE, verb. Behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur".
CELEBRATE, verb. Have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating".
CELEBRATE, verb. Assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats