celebrate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To do something enjoyable to mark a special or happy event.

   I was promoted today at work, so let's celebrate!

2. 2
   verb

   To praise someone or something publicly and with admiration.

   The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood.

Common collocations

• celebrate a birthday Verb + noun

From Middle English celebraten, from celebrat(e) (“celebrated”, also used as the past participle of celebraten) + -en, borrowed from Latin celebrātus, perfect passive participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian.

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