Dictionary Entry
celebrate
celebrate is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.
- 4verb
assign great social importance to
"The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"
"The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
- 5verb
have a celebration
"They were feting the patriarch of the family"
"After the exam, the students were celebrating"
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- 6verb
behave as expected during of holidays or rites
"Keep the commandments"
"celebrate Christmas"
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