birthday party
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- noun
- /ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ ˈpɑrti/
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fiesta de cumpleaños
- What can go wrong at a surprise birthday party for your best friend, Veronica?
- attend a birthday party
- organize a birthday party
- come to birthday parties
This is like Pennywise doing kids birthday parties after it came out.
- This is like Pennywise doing kids birthday parties after it came out.
- Meanwhile, I was planning my own birthday party with people I was working with.
- And I went to some of their birthday parties with their kids.
- We're going to Ralph's birthday party tomorrow, aren't we?
- Molly, if we're going to have a Paw Patrol themed birthday party, we could make this.
- He is having his birthday party on Sunday.
- His was he was going to throw a birthday party and not tell anyone.
Examples
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Michael was giving a birthday party for his daughter Becky, who was turning eleven.
Fiction book (1994) -
My parents are throwing a birthday party for me.
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Oh, I I want to tell you my plan for my birthday party right now.
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Meanwhile, I was planning my own birthday party with people I was working with.
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This means we can plan each other's birthday parties.
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When she comes round, she can help us plan your birthday party.
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Our boys are going to have a birthday party at the skating rink.
Academic text (2011) -
You're invited to a birthday party for SpongeBob.
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So we were at Sydney's birthday party when the FedEx came to the house.
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We are excited to celebrate Emily's birthday party this Saturday with cake and games.
Synonyms
A secret party people plan so the birthday person does not know
How Big
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'birthday' (a celebration of the day someone was born) with 'party' (an occasion to celebrate), so a learner who knows both words can infer a gathering to celebrate a birthday. This compositional noun phrase follows a common cross-linguistic pattern and requires no idiomatic knowledge, making it accessible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Birthday party joins birthday, the day someone was born, and party, a happy gathering, and the picture is simple: cake, candles, gifts and games. So, birthday party means 'a party to celebrate someone's birth'.