Celebration

  • 11celebration — 1520s, honoring of a day or season by appropriate festivities, from L. celebrationem (nom. celebratio) numerous attendance (especially upon a festival celebration), noun of action from pp. stem of celebrare (see CELEBRATE (Cf. celebrate)).… …

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  • 12celebration — index ceremony, dedication, holiday, memory (commemoration), mention (tribute), recommendation …

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  • 13celebration — [n] commemoration of occasion, achievement anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout*, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorification, hilarity, honoring, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jollification,… …

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  • 14celebration — [sel΄ə brā′shən] n. [L celebratio] 1. the act or an instance of celebrating 2. that which is done to celebrate …

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  • 15celebration — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, noisy ▪ little, quiet, small ▪ family ▪ joyous …

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  • 16CÉLÉBRATION — s. f. Action de célébrer. Il n est guère usité que dans les phrases suivantes : La célébration de la messe. La célébration de l office divin. La célébration d une fête. La célébration d un mariage. La célébration d un concile. On dit aussi, La… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 17Celebration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Celebration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 celebration celebration solemnization jubilee commemoration ovation paean triumph jubilation Sgm: N 1 china anniversary china anniversary diamond anniversary golden anniversary …

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  • 18celebration */*/ — UK [ˌseləˈbreɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms celebration : singular celebration plural celebrations 1) a) [countable] a party or special event at which you celebrate something such as a birthday or a religious holiday The whole family came for our… …

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  • 19CÉLÉBRATION — n. f. Action de célébrer au sens religieux. La célébration de la messe. La célébration de l’office divin. La célébration d’une fête, d’un anniversaire. La célébration d’un mariage. On dit aussi La célébration des saints mystères pour La… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 20Celebration — Der Begriff Celebration bezeichnet: einen Ort in Florida, siehe Celebration (Florida) eine Musikband, siehe Celebration (Band) ein Musikalbum von Madonna, siehe Celebration (Album) eine Süßwarenmarke der Firma Mars Incorporated, siehe Celebration …

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