to celebrate
201
2.1
- verb
- /ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪt/
:
honrar
- This year, we will celebrate her achievements at the awards ceremony.
- most celebrated
- a celebrated poet
- a celebrated remark
I didn't want to celebrate the war.
- I didn't want to celebrate the war.
- He was always championing and celebrating his Wolf Pack.
- Anybody who does that, like celebrate that person right there.
- So I saw fans celebrate me in different ways.
- That was actually my next point that I saw pink news celebrating Muslim pride.
- So I think it's important for us to celebrate those guys.
- It was hard for me to celebrate that person.
- OK, And again, like I said, worshipping, celebrating it, holding it in such high regard.
Examples
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So I think it's important for us to celebrate those guys.
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And we should all celebrate his return.
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So I saw fans celebrate me in different ways.
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And so, you know, celebrate people, not things, right?
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Come on, you guys, we finally have something to celebrate.
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We're gathered here to celebrate a cop who makes other cops proud.
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You learn a lot about a society by who it celebrates.
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She needs me to celebrate her, to encourage her.
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There is a happy bustle all over town, as if the whole world is celebrating my birthday.
Fiction book (1996) -
We're going to celebrate.
Synonyms
796
2.3
Show great respect to someone, often in public
331
1.0
To tell a person that you admire or approve of them
305
1.4
To say or show thanks for what someone did
232
2.4
To tell someone you are happy about their success or good news
136
3.2
To show praise in public for a person or idea
131
4.1
To welcome or praise someone publicly and enthusiastically
86
5.2
To make a person or thing seem better and more important than they really are
67
4.4
To praise someone or something for good work
53
4.5
To praise someone in public with great excitement for their success
30
7.7
To praise someone publicly in a formal way
22
5.8
Show deep respect to someone or something, often in public
19
5.5
To show great respect to someone in public for their work
17
2.4
To give praise or a reward to someone for something good they did
7
7.5
To praise someone or something very much
6
4.1
Say strong good things about someone or something in public
5
7.7
Treat someone like a famous person by giving public attention and praise
5
4.5
Say very good things about someone or something
1
4.1
To say very good things about someone, often in public
1
2.8
To tell someone you are happy for their success
1
8.3
To show that something has value, often by giving public support
1
5.8
Say very good things about someone or something with strong feeling
To give a lot of praise, often more than needed
To congratulate someone on a success or special occasion
Antonyms
How Honoring
- Literature
5
7.7
86
5.2
201
2.1
- US
796
2.3
331
1.0
- Formal
305
1.4
- Formal
83
2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Celebrate comes from the Latin word celebrare, which meant 'to honor' and is the same root as celebrity ('a famous person'), so to celebrate someone is to give them public praise and honor.