Celebration
[selɪ'breɪʃ(ə)n] or [,sɛlɪ'breʃən]
Definition
(noun.) any joyous diversion.
(noun.) the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; 'the celebration of marriage'.
(noun.) a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event.
Checker: McDonald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act, process, or time of celebrating.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Honor, praise, commendation, laudation.[2]. Commemoration, solemnization, observation.
Editor: Will
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Commemoration, solemnization, observance
ANT:Oblivion, inobservance, obsolescence, desuetude
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Examples
- There is a Celebration in the streets, and no one will be accessible until dark. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It was at some celebration of one of the Royal Societies at the Burlington House, Piccadilly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The revolving year now bringing the day round in its orderly sequence, Bella arrived in the Boffin chariot to assist at the celebration. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- During the morning, meetings were held and all manner of committees set to work on the celebration ceremonies. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For, though this celebration of to-day is all a mockery, he is my husband, and we must live. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Hudson-Fulton Celebration in New York in the autumn of 1909 was the occasion of new records in flying, and served to awaken Americans to a more intense interest in navigation of the air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Fireworks now enter into the celebration of every important event in our national, political and business life. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The crowd detained us as we drew near to the place of celebration. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The celebration of a birthday in the family. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Curtis w as invited to send apparatus to Washington for the Langley Day Celebration. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was about ten years before the Civil War that set pieces began to form a part of fireworks celebrations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fireworks were manufactured in Italy as early as 1540, and in France we have accounts of their employment in great celebrations between the years 1606 and 1739. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The blaze and noise, indispensable to patriotic celebrations among all peoples, was produced a century ago in America by simple agencies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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