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English noun: fete | |||
| 1. | fete (event) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | ||
| Synonyms | feast, fiesta | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | party | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | luau, potlatch | ||
| 2. | fete (act) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) | ||
| Samples | A drama festival. | ||
| Synonyms | festival | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | celebration, festivity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Bacchanalia, carnival, Dionysia, eisteddfod, film festival, jazz festival, Kwanza, Kwanzaa, Oktoberfest, Saturnalia, sheepshearing | ||
English verb: fete | |||
| 1. | fete (social) have a celebration | ||
| Samples | They were feting the patriarch of the family. After the exam, the students were celebrating. | ||
| Synonyms | celebrate | ||
| 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 | ||
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