celebrate
To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
Verb 4 meanings
To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
“to celebrate the name of the Most High”
To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.
“to celebrate a birthday”
To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
“I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate!”
To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.
“to celebrate a marriage”
Etymology
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”).
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CELEBRATE at a glance
CELEBRATE has 9 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (C 3 + E 1 + L 1 + E 1 + B 3 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,982 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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