celebration
[sel-uh-brey-shuh n]
- an act of celebrating.
- the festivities engaged in to celebrate something.
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Origin of celebration
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festivityceremonyobservancefestivaltriumphanniversarybirthdaygalaperformancepartyspreebashjubileegaietyhullabaloorevelryremembrancerecognitionsaturnaliablowoutExamples from the Web for celebration
Contemporary Examples
The moment came where newly graduated cops customarily toss their white gloves into the air in celebration.
The prison camp island nation known as Cuba erupted in celebration.
The resulting photographs are a celebration, bringing to life the peerless spirit embodied by The Macallan.
The Restaurant, Flask, And Photography Worthy of The Macallan WhiskyDecember 16, 2014
In celebration of the darkest of Black Fridays, she just released a new single, “Pietà.”
There is no celebration too small for a little bit of bubbly.
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November 29, 2014
Historical Examples
No woman was allowed to enter Olympia, during the celebration of the games.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
At Antwerp, he happened to arrive at the celebration of the fête in honour of Rubens.
Mr. Cross and I bore our small part in the celebration in silence for a time.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
So, when you guessed at the date, and told parson to have the celebration then, you got it right?
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
So time went on to the very eve of the celebration, and it was as well that the celebration had never been.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
Word Origin and History for celebration
n.
1520s, "honoring of a day or season by appropriate festivities," formed in English from celebrate, or else from Latin celebrationem (nominative celebratio) "numerous attendance" (especially upon a festival celebration), noun of action from past participle stem of celebrare. Meaning "performance of a religious ceremony" (especially the Eucharist) is from 1570s; that of "extolling in speeches, etc." is from 1670s.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper