Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Celebrate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
behave as expected during of holidays or rites
"Keep the commandments"
"celebrate Christmas"
"Observe Yom Kippur"
2
have a celebration
"They were feting the patriarch of the family"
"After the exam, the students were celebrating"
3
assign great social importance to
"The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"
"The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
4
To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
"The community gathered to celebrate the fallen hero's sacrifice with a somber ceremony marked by silence and flowers."
In plain English: To celebrate means to show happiness about something good that happened, often by having fun with friends.
"We will celebrate his birthday by having dinner at his favorite restaurant."
Example Sentences
"We will celebrate his birthday by having dinner at his favorite restaurant."
verb
"We will celebrate his birthday with a big dinner party tonight."
verb
"The town celebrates the holiday by lighting up all the streets."
verb
"She decided to celebrate her graduation by taking a long vacation."
verb
Related Terms
Show all 81 terms ↓
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Origin
The word "celebrate" entered Middle English from the Latin celebratus, originally meaning to frequent a place in large numbers or honor someone with praise. It eventually replaced an older Germanic term for rejoicing, evolving into its modern sense of marking occasions with festivities and rituals.