Celebrated
['selɪbreɪtɪd] or ['sɛlə'bretɪd]
Definition
(adj.) having an illustrious past .
(adj.) widely known and esteemed; 'a famous actor'; 'a celebrated musician'; 'a famed scientist'; 'an illustrious judge'; 'a notable historian'; 'a renowned painter' .
Inputed by Bertha--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Celebrate
(a.) Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.
Edited by Claudette
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Famous, renowned, distinguished, illustrious, eminent, famed, far-famed.
Typist: Winfred
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Famed, renowned, illustrious, eminent, glorious, famous, noted, distinguished,notable, exalted
ANT:Unrenowned, obscure, undistinguished, unknown, disgraced, mean
Typed by Justine
Examples
- As the glare of day mellowed into twilight, we looked down upon a picture which is celebrated all over the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These are two celebrated ones. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His mouth, around which many a dimple played, was large enough to add to that manliness of expression, for which he was so celebrated. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At Jaffa we had taken on board some forty members of a very celebrated community. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Storey, who subsequently founded the Chicago Times, and became celebrated in the newspaper world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Celebrated sassage factory,' said Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The saw itself was made by the celebrated firm of Perin & Co. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- So he guillotined Hébert, who had celebrated the Feast of Reason, and all his party. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On June 15, 1844, Mr. Goodyear took out his celebrated patent, No. 3,633, covering this process, in which he not only used sulphur, but added a proportion of white lead. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- That was the actual beginning of the plant and the industry of which the centennial was celebrated in 1916. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Yes, said Polemarchus, and not only so, but a festival will be celebrated at night, which you certainly ought to see. Plato. The Republic.
- One of the most celebrated is the Koh-i-noor (Mountain of Light), belonging to the British crown. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I felt a little proud--I really did feel a little proud of having been one too many at last for the celebrated Cuff! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We had one of those celebrated dinners that only Mr. Childs could give, and I heard speeches from Charles Francis Adams and different people. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- John Stevens, the most celebrated boat builder and engineer of his day, was actively experimenting in America in the same line. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These with other improvements made up the celebrated Wheeler and Wilson machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Boyle, Otto Guericke, a burgomaster of Magdeburg, celebrated as the inventor of the airpump, Dr. Wall, and Sir Isaac Newton, added some facts. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The house was filled with familiar British faces, and those toilettes for which the British female has long been celebrated. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Well, I followed you to your door, and so made sure that I was really an object of interest to the celebrated Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- About 1525 Jacob Zech of Prague invented the fusee, which was re-invented and improved by the celebrated Dr. Hooke, 125 years later. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The adoption of this form was due to Fairbairn, the celebrated English inventor and engineer of iron structures. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The public mind had been already prepared for this event by Mr. Paine's celebrated pamphlet, _Common Sense_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We journey thither tomorrow to see the celebrated ruins. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I privately wondered, on my side, how the celebrated Cuff had got his reputation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There are many celebrated characters, literary, philosophical, and otherwise, who hold a high reputation on a similar tenure. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You are a man of celebrated penetration and intelligence, and you can tell me how it's to be brought about. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In this same parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor for a hundred pieces of silver, is Jacob's celebrated well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Many now alive, you remarked, well remembered persons who had not only seen the celebrated Roy M'Gregor, but had feasted, and even fought with him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- My father, said the son, aside, to me with quite an affecting belief in him, is a celebrated character. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There are a great many celebrated people writing in the 'Keepsake,' at all events, he said, in a tone at once piqued and timid. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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