English dictionary
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English noun: celebration | |||
| 1. | celebration (event) a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event | ||
| Synonyms | jubilation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion | ||
| 2. | celebration (act) any joyous diversion | ||
| Synonyms | festivity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diversion, recreation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agon, blowout, conviviality, feria, festival, fete, gala, gala affair, jamboree, jollification, Ludi Saeculares, merrymaking, secular games, victory celebration | ||
| 3. | celebration (act) the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | ||
| Samples | The celebration of marriage. | ||
| Synonyms | solemnisation, solemnization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ritual | ||
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