Associations to the word «Celebrate»

Pictures for the word «Celebrate»

Wiktionary

CELEBRATE, verb. (transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
CELEBRATE, verb. (transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep.
CELEBRATE, verb. (intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
CELEBRATE, verb. (transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites.

Dictionary definition

CELEBRATE, verb. Behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur".
CELEBRATE, verb. Have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating".
CELEBRATE, verb. Assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley