Found 3 items, similar to Celebrate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: celebrate
merayakan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: celebrate
celebrate
v 1: celebrate, as of holidays or rites;
“Keep the commandments”;
“celebrate Christmas”;
“Observe Yom Kippur” [syn:
observe,
keep]
2: have a celebration;
“They were feting the patriarch of the
family”;
“After the exam, the students were celebrating”
[syn:
fete]
3: assign great social importance to;
“The film director was
celebrated all over Hollywood”;
“The tenor was lionized in
Vienna” [syn:
lionize,
lionise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Celebrate
Celebrate
\Cel"e*brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Celebrated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Celebrating.] [L. celebratus, p. p. of
celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous.]
1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the
name of the Most High.
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2. 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.
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From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath.
--Lev. xxiii.
32.
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3. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn
rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as,
to celebrate a marriage.
Syn: To commemorate; distinguish; honor.
Usage: To
Celebrate,
Commemorate. We commemorate events
which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall
them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the
death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of
joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to
celebrate the birthday of our Independence.
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We are called upon to commemorate a revolution
as surprising in its manner as happy in its
consequences. --Atterbury.
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Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee,
Exult to celebrate thy festival. --Thomson.
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