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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

01mark an occasion9 letters
02Enjoy a special day9 letters
03Enjoy an occasion9 letters
04Mark a happy occasion9 letters
05Mark an occasion happily9 letters
06Mark joyfully9 letters
07Mark with a party9 letters
08Mark with joy9 letters

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