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celebration
[ sel-uh-brey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of celebrating:
We want to do something special in celebration of Amy’s great new job.
- a party or other festive event for celebrating something:
Don’t you think the birthday celebrations for preschoolers in this neighborhood are a bit over the top?
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Other Words From
- in·ter·cel·e·bra·tion noun
- non·cel·e·bra·tion noun
- pre·cel·e·bra·tion noun
- re·cel·e·bra·tion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of celebration1
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Example Sentences
The moment came where newly graduated cops customarily toss their white gloves into the air in celebration.
The prison camp island nation known as Cuba erupted in celebration.
A table creaking under the weight of a Christmas banquet, a classic celebration of binge eating and drinking.
The resulting photographs are a celebration, bringing to life the peerless spirit embodied by The Macallan.
In celebration of the darkest of Black Fridays, she just released a new single, “Pietà.”
On Corpus Christi's Eve, the usual celebration greatly aggrieved the perth weekly assembly.
It is thought that in the celebration of worship one of these chambers was designed for men and the other for women.
As it happened, he was given an opportunity, when he was invited to the harvest celebration that was held each year at Silverdale.
Fireworks now enter into the celebration of every important event in our national, political and business life.
And only the supreme levity of innocence could have devised and accomplished this amazing celebration.
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