Definition of celebrate Celebrate

/sɛˈlʌbɹejˌt/ - [selubreyt] - cel•e•brate

We found 14 definitions of celebrate from 6 different sources.

What does celebrate mean?

WordNet

Verb celebrates, celebrating, celebrated
celebrate - have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
		fete
		get together, meet contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
		jubilate celebrate a jubilee
		jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, whoop it up, revel, wassail, racket celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
		party have or participate in a party; "The students were partying all night before the exam"
		receive convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"
celebrate - behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
		observe, keep
		commemorate, mark call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"
		mourn feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child"
		solemnise, solemnize make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts"
celebrate - assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
		lionize, lionise
		abide by, respect, honor, honour, observe regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"

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Wiktionary

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

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

celebrate (v. t.)
To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.
celebrate (v. t.)
To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
celebrate (v. t.)
To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

celebrate
To behave as expected during holidays or rites.
celebrate
To have a celebration.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

celebrate
sel′e-brāt, v.t. to make famous: to distinguish by solemn ceremonies, as a festival or an event: to perform with proper rites and ceremonies, as mass, the eucharist, marriage, &c.: to publish the praises of.—n. Cel′ebrant, one who celebrates: the principal officiant at the holy communion.—adj. Cel′ebrated, distinguished: famous.—ns. Celebrā′tion, act of celebrating any solemn ceremony, as the eucharist (high, if with music, &c.; low, if without): an extolling; Celebrāt′or, one who celebrates; Celeb′rity, the condition of being celebrated: fame: notoriety: a person of distinction or fame. [L. celebrāre, -ātum—celeber, frequented.]