celebrated
Americanadjective
adjective
Synonym Usage
See famous.
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Etymology
Origin of celebrated
Explanation
If something is celebrated, it's famous. Your town's celebrated restaurant — the one everybody knows and talks about — might be a modest barbecue joint. A celebrated writer is an important, well-known one, like Ernest Hemingway or Maya Angelou. In your family, a celebrated figure might be the cousin who visits every summer and tells the best stories. As long as someone is talked about and revered by a group of people, they're celebrated. This adjective comes from the verb celebrate and its Latin root celebrare, "to sing praises of."
Vocabulary lists containing celebrated
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Example Sentences
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She celebrated with a clenched fist after a ferocious smash secured a break for a 4-1 lead.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“Tanya deserves to be celebrated, not truly cast off. Draggan too. It was heartbreaking.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Advocates celebrated Friday’s decision as a win for the rule of law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
She was best known as the tenacious founder of the Music of Black Origin awards, which celebrated their 30th anniversary earlier this year in Manchester.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
He went on to have a celebrated career as a Soviet intelligence instructor and was sought after as an expert on Western espionage tactics.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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