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English verb: celebrate | |||
| 1. | celebrate (social) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | ||
| Samples | Keep the commandments. Celebrate Christmas. Observe Yom Kippur. | ||
| Synonyms | keep, observe | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | commemorate, mark, mourn, solemnise, solemnize | ||
| 2. | celebrate (social) have a celebration | ||
| Samples | They were feting the patriarch of the family. After the exam, the students were celebrating. | ||
| Synonyms | fete | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get together, meet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | jollify, jubilate, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, party, racket, receive, revel, wassail, whoop it up | ||
| 3. | celebrate (social) assign great social importance to | ||
| Samples | The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood. The tenor was lionized in Vienna. | ||
| Synonyms | lionise, lionize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abide by, honor, honour, observe, respect | ||
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