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Word entry · 9 letters

celebrate

Best crossword clue

"mark an occasion"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted abceeelrtStarts with CEnds with E8 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. assign great social importance to

Word origin

From Middle English celebraten, from celebrat(e) (“celebrated”, also used as the past participle of celebraten) + -en, borrowed from Latin celebrātus, perfect passive participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian.

Used in a sentence

  • “to celebrate the name of the Most High”
  • “Instead, we retreat into our gender-segregated media spaces where the manosphere extols stoicism and the womanosphere celebrates emotional vulnerability.”
  • “to celebrate a birthday”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues

01“mark an occasion”9 letters
02“Enjoy a special day”9 letters
03“Enjoy an occasion”9 letters
04“Mark a happy occasion”9 letters
05“Mark an occasion happily”9 letters
06“Mark joyfully”9 letters
07“Mark with a party”9 letters
08“Mark with joy”9 letters

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