jubilate
verb (used without object)
to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
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jubilate
1 American
[joo-buh-layt]
/ ˈdʒu bəˌleɪt /
verb (used without object)
jubilated,
jubilating
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to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
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to celebrate a jubilee or joyful occasion.
Jubilate
2
American
[joo-buh-lay-tee, yoo-buh-lah-tay, -tee, joo-]
/ ˌdʒu bəˈleɪ ti, ˌju bəˈlɑ teɪ, -ti, ˌdʒu- /
noun
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Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
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a musical setting of this psalm.
Jubilate
1
British
/ ˌdʒuːbɪˈlɑːtɪ /
noun
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RC Church Church of England the 100th psalm used as a canticle in the liturgy
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a musical setting of this psalm
jubilate
2
British
/ ˈdʒuːbɪˌleɪt /
verb
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to have or express great joy; rejoice
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to celebrate a jubilee
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of jubilate1
1595–1605; < Latin jūbilātus (past participle of jūbilāre to shout for joy), equivalent to jūbil- shout + -ātus -ate 1
Origin of Jubilate2
First recorded in 1700–10, Jubilate is from the Latin word jūbilāte shout ye for joy
Explanation
When you jubilate, you celebrate or express much happiness about something. Winning a big award makes most people jubilate. While it's more common to hear the noun jubilation, or "joy," you can use the verb jubilate when you talk about showing that joy. Your parents might jubilate on the occasion of their wedding anniversary, and your whole town will probably jubilate at the news of a new, fancy public swimming pool. The original meaning of jubilate was "make a joyful noise," from the Latin root jubilare, which means both "to call to someone" and "to shout for joy."
Example Sentences
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“You do not know how excited we are. Our teachers will jubilate and dance,” he is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
A jubilate written in celebration of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 offered a glimpse of the composer at the beginning of his career in London.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2014
I cheered as Kekeli’s side won, trying to rein in my delight as I watched her jubilate.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
She fell on her knees in an exalted, jubilate spirit.
From Mae Madden by Mary Murdoch Mason
Let no woman come to the prairie with dolce far niente dreams of opalescent peaks, of fenceless fields and rides to a horizon that forever recedes, with a wind that sings a jubilate of freedom.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
The song “Lucifer Sam” is a nod to Christopher Smart’s poem Jubilate, “Dark Globe” is pinched from Tolkien, there’s Lear, Belloc and Joyce, all the typical influences of a well-read 21-year-old of that time.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2015
I myself have written five novels The Celibate, Easter, The Enemy of the Good, Jubilate and now The Breath of Night, concerned in different ways and to differing degrees with issues of faith.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2013
Christopher Smart’s 18th-century poem Jubilate Agno accounts for the daily movements of the poet’s cat Jeoffry with a ritual of prayer.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2012
The program also offers Utrecht Jubilate Deo, composed and first performed in 1713 in celebration of the end of the War of Spanish Succession.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2011
From the Fowey, we hear distantly a choir of seamen singing a Jubilate in harmony.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Later, during the Hoover demonstrations she jubilated near the platform in an evening gown with orchids quivering on the shoulder-strap.
From Time Magazine Archive
In other parts of the city few people jubilated; this was partly due to the fact that Constitution Day is not a public holiday.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bolivia jubilated: Ten years have passed since the Curtis Institute of Music opened its expensive wrought-iron doors in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Raucous Sydney revelers jubilated in the streets all night.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Whoop!" jubilated Blunt's three companions, put to it somewhat to curb their restive mounts.
From Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor by Burt L. Standish
Besides, the only sport Ohio U. excelled at before the tournament began, was, well, jubilating.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2012
West and east were jubilating in the presence of His Majesty.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Displeased with the scare, the Axis press nevertheless aggravated it by jubilating at the alleged sinking of the first shipload of U. S. armaments bound for Britain under the Lend-Lease Act.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Representatives were jubilating at the chance of accepting the Senate's amendment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly Leonore called back in jubilating tones, "Salo, Salo, did you hear?"
From Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys by Elisabeth P. (Elisabeth Pausinger) Stork
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