celebrate
verb (used with object)
to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities.
celebrative
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a word derived from
celebrate.
Example Sentences
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Although known for retaining its joyful celebrative atmosphere as it grew from a small gathering to one of gigantic proportions, Burning Man occasionally had its problems.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2018
He saw the celebrative Wanjiru walking out with a handful of fruit.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2012
The large, celebrative crowds downtown were more remindful of the Summer Games than the Winter Games.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2010
Last week, after her impromptu success in Figaro, Soprano Peters went off to a celebrative late supper of spaghetti with clam sauce with her father, her mother and her music teacher.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arthur, at whose back march all the legions of Tennyson's poetry celebrative of manhood,—Arthur asserts the nobleness of manhood, irrespective of the accidents of wealth or birth.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
