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
All colors in the wall except gloomy black; all the music in the major-key, because celebrative and jubilant.
From New Tabernacle Sermons by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
