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Celebrate

Definition: Celebrate

Celebrate

Verb

1. Celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur".

2. Have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating".

3. Assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "celebrate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Celebrate \Cel"e*brate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Celebrated; present participle verb or noun Celebrating.]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Celebrate

Synonyms: fete (v), keep (v), lionize (v), observe (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Celebrate

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Celebration

Verb: celebrate keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a red letter.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Celebrate

English words defined with "celebrate": Celebrating, ConcelebrateDepreicateEaster eggFeast of Weeks, First of Mayhousewarmingkeeplap of honourmake happy, make merry, make whoopie, March 2, May 1, May Day, minstrel, missalobserveparty, Patriot's Day, Pentecostracket, Recelebrate, Rejoicing in the Law, Rejoicing of the Law, Rejoicing over the Law, revelShabuoth, Shavous, Shavuot, Shavuoth, Shimchath Torah, Simchas Torah, Simchat Torah, Simhat Torah, Simhath TorahTexas Independence Day, The Fourth, To ring in, trollvictory lapwassail, whoop it up. (references)
Specialty definitions using "celebrate": Actian Years, ahhhkill!BertramoDances, DisobeyrumorWhip-dog Day. (references)
Etymologies containing "celebrate": Celebrant. (references)

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Modern Usage: Celebrate

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The Jews don't celebrate Christmas, Tom. (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

If you have any problems, come and see me. If you don't have any problems, come and see me anyway and we'll celebrate your lack of problems (Hooves of Fire; writing credit: Andy Riley; Kevin Cecil)

Let us celebrate our agreement with the adding of chocolate to milk (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

We celebrate everything (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)

Lyrics

I gotta celebrate (THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

We celebrate a brand new life (This Very Moment; performing artist: K-Ci & JoJo)

Celebrate good times, come on ("Celebration"; performing artist: Kool & The Gang)

To celebrate (I Just Called to Say I Love You; performing artist: Stevie Wonder)

I think I'll take a moment, celebrate my age (My Next Thirty Years; performing artist: Tim McGraw)

Movie/TV Titles

Let's Sing and Dance to Celebrate a Peaceful Year (1969)

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)

Something to Celebrate (1983)

Song Titles

Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (performing artist: Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack)

I Just Want To Celebrate (performing artist: Rare Earth)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Celebrate

DomainTitle

Books

  • Celebrate San Antonio: A Cookbook (reference)

  • Children Around the World Celebrate Christmas (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Bob the Builder - Celebrate with Bob (reference)

  • The Best of Tina Turner - Celebrate! - DTS (reference)

  • Celebrate Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite (reference)

  • The Best of Tina Turner - Celebrate! (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Celebrate

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Photo Album: Celebrate

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Miss Pearl Oyster dressed up for Anthony's Oyster Olympics. The Oyster Olympics helps celebrate clean Pacific waters. Credit: Fisheries.

An ornate oyster-shell vest modeled at Anthony's Oyster Olympics. The Oyster Olympics helps celebrate clean Pacific waters. Credit: Fisheries.

ROAR on Saturday tour, kicked off the Multi-Cultural Tourism Program to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and National Indian Recognition Week. Program leaders of the Rediscover Our American Roots discuss the summit activities at the Bumble Bee Ranch. Credit: Unknown.

STOP Baby Bottle Tooth Decay : Celebrate your grandchild's first birthday... Trade a bottle for a cup. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Building Blocks To a Better Life : Celebrate National Rehabilitation Week. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Patrons and staff at the Naval Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, Officers' Club celebrate news of Japan's surrender, 14 August 1945. Note bottle of "Ballantine's Beer" raised by officer in left center background. Credit: NAVY.

Crew members on USS Wileman (DE-22) celebrate upon hearing of Japan's acceptance of surrender terms, circa 15 August 1945. Photographer was from Naval Air Station, Ebeye Island, Kwajalein. Credit: NAVY.

The lambs celebrate Thanksgiving. Credit: Library of Congress.

The day we do not celebrate. Credit: Library of Congress.

Just when he was going to celebrate. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Celebrate
 

""Blue Christmas"" by Tina Lorien
Commentary: "After all we do celebrate the birth of Jesus!!! ;-)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Celebrate

AuthorQuotation

Walt Whitman

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Celebrate

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Indonesia

Confucianists are permitted to celebrate publicly the Chinese New Year. (references)

Turkey

Security forces in Diyarbakir prevented demonstrators from holding rallies to celebrate the May 1 holiday. (references)

Vietnam

Up to 300,000 persons traveled there in July to celebrate another traditional anniversary that the Government does recognize. (references)

Economic History

Venezuela

In October of 2001 the Venezuelan telecommunications sector will celebrate its first decade of privatization. (references)

Germany

On October 7, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited Berlin to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the GDR and urged the East German leadership to pursue reform. (references)

Kiribati

Attractions include World War II battle sites, game fishing, ecotourism, and the Millennium Islands, situated just inside the International Date Line and the first place on earth to celebrate every New Year. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

The prisoners appeared to be taking advantage of the chaos of the activities planned to celebrate Prisoner's Day to make an escape. (references)

Sri Lanka

In May 2000, 23 persons were killed and dozens were injured when a bomb exploded at a Buddhist temple in Batticaloa in the east, where crowds had gathered to celebrate the Buddhist festival of Vesak. (references)

Seychelles

In May on the island of Praslin, several plainclothes police officers used tear gas to disperse forcibly a group of soccer players and their fans that had gathered on the field to celebrate their victory. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

Approximately 45 skinheads had gathered earlier in the day in a nearby town to celebrate Adolf Hitler's birthday, and upon arriving at a restaurant in Novy Bor, began taunting Roma who were there. (references)

Ukraine

In 1999 in Crimea, Bishop Lazarus of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, announced an initiative to place 1,000 crosses around Crimea to celebrate the second millennium of the birth of Jesus and a millennium of the Christianization of Kievan Rus. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

In April Christian church authorities invited a German evangelist to address a rally in central Khartoum to celebrate Easter Mass and secured appropriate permits for the rally. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

DISOBEY, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command. His right to govern me is clear as day, My duty manifest to disobey; And if that fit observance e'er I shut May I and duty be alike undone. Israfel Brown

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Celebrate

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Bill Maher

If you celebrate Christmas religiously, folks, you pray to a young man from the Middle East who today probably would get stopped at the airport.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Celebrate

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Richard Nixon

1969-1974In the orderly transfer of power, we celebrate the unity that keeps us free.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981We are organizing activities to celebrate and promote this important commemorative year within the government as well as in cooperation with private sector efforts in this country and around the world.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989This year we celebrate the second century of our Constitution.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001The American people have summoned the change we celebrate today.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Celebrate

"Celebrate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 84.23% of the time. "Celebrate" is used about 1,350 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)84.23%1,1376,732
Lexical Verb (base form)13.25%17923,133
Adjective (general or positive)2.07%2865,706
Noun (singular)0.37%5157,705
Noun (proper)0.07%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,350N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Celebrate

Expressions using "celebrate": celebrate an anniversary celebrate keep celebrate mass celebrate pessach. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Celebrate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
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per Day

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135

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8

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119

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8

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83

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7

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80

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7

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44

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7

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27

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6

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22

canada celebrate

6

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21

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6

celebrate freedom klty

19

celebrate good lyrics times

6

celebrate life

17

4th celebrate july

6

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17

basket celebrate gift

6

celebrate lyrics

14

100 celebrate ford

6

let celebrate

13

celebrate male submission

6

celebrate good times

13

celebrate celebrate jesus

6

celebrate i love lyrics tonight

13

celebrate fork freedom ranch south

6

celebrate concert freedom

12

celebrate festival street toronto

6

celebrate dallas freedom

11

celebrate pentecost

5

celebrate hartford west

10

2003 celebrate freedom klty

5

celebrate jesus

10

celebrate time

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Celebrate

Language Translations for "celebrate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

festoj (commemorate, triumph). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مجد (adoration, assiduous, canonize, celebrity, diligent, enthrone, eulogize, exalt, extol, fame, glorify, glory, industrious, kudos, laborious, laud, laurels, luster, lustre, magnify, popularity, praise highly), ‏إمتنع عن العمل في عيد, ‏إحتفل (feast one's eyes, fete, high time to, lionize, party, push out, rave, solemnize), ‏أقام قداسا, ‏أعلن (advertise, advertize, announce, avow, bill, blare, count, declare, denote, enunciate, gazette, portend, predicate, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, protest, publicize, publish, put out, report, represent, rule, show, sound, state, usher, vote), ‏أذاع (bandy, blazon, break, broadcast, circulate, cry, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publish, radio, transmit, vend), ‏رأس قداسا, ‏شارك في إاحتفال صاحب. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

служа (minister, serve, urge), възхвалявам (belaud, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, magnify, panegyrize, praise, vaunt), отпразнувам (memorialize, signalize), ознаменувам (commemorate, memorialize), жълтурче, празнувам (keep, memorialize, observe), поливам нещо (drink on smth.). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

庆祝 (Celebrated, Celebrating, Celebration, jubilation), 慶祝 , . (various references)

   

Czech

  

celebrovat, velebit (acclaim, bless, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, Laud, praise), sloužit (serve, take), slavit (commemorate, keep, observe, solemnize), oslavovat (emblazon, exalt, rejoice). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fejre. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vieren (release), opdragen (dedicate, devote, entrust, tell), celebreren. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

celebri, soleni, festi. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

halda hátíðarligan, halda (account, accredit, believe, deem, guess, hang onto, have a subscription, hold, presume, retain, suppose, surmise, take in), hátíðarhalda. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تقدیس کردن (Bless, Consecrate, Edify, Enshrine, Hallow, Sacrament, Sancify), تجلیل کردن (Ennoble, Exalt, Glorify), عیدگرفتن , جشن گرفتن (Commemorate). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

juhlia (be celebrating, go out). (various references)

   

French

  

fêter, célébrer. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

feestje. (various references)

   

German

  

feiern (commemorate, feast, fete, hold, junket, lionize, merry making, observe, party, revel, revels, solemnize, stay off work, to celebrate, to feast, to solemnize), zelebrieren (to celebrate). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εορτάζω (feast, memorialize). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

festoj. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לחגוג (be giddy, feast, solemnize), חגג. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

celebrál, misét mond (to say mass), dicsõít (belaud, extol, extoll, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, glorify, panegyrize), ünnepel (commemorate, fete, rejoice, resound, to celebrate, to hold high festival, to resound). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

skemmta sér. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

merayakan (commemorate). (various references)

   

Irish

  

ceiliúir (sing; celebrate). (various references)

   

Italian

  

celebrare (observe, perform, solemnise, solemnize, vaunt), festeggiare (ceremonies, feast, fete, give a hearty welcome to, see in). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

祝う (to celebrate, to congratulate). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せきどうさい (ceremony to celebrate crossing the equator), いわう (to celebrate, to congratulate). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경축하십시요. (various references)

   

Manx

  

jannoo ardeailley, cummal (abode, arrest, celebration, contain, containment, contents, dwelling place, grip, hold, inhabit, keep, live, residence, retain). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

feste (fasten, fix). (various references)

   

Papago

  

wuwjasith (to celebrate). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

selebrá, fiesta (celebration, festival, party). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elebratecay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

obchodzić, świętować. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

festejar (carousal, carouse, commemorate, entertain, feast, fete, racket, solemnize, treat), comemorar (commemorate, monumentalize, solemnize), celebrar (commemorate, hold, inaugurate, observe, resound, solemnize). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

celebra (commemorate, solemnize), aniversa. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

праздновать (hold a jubilee, solemnize). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cum (contain, hang onto, hold, keep, retain). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

veličati (exalt, extol, glorify, magnify, praise, set forth), svetkovati (solemnize), slaviti (eulogize, glorify, laud, praise), proslaviti (observe). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

celebrar (eulogize, hold, keep, observe, perform, praise, see in, talk up), celebrar una fiesta. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fira (absent oneself, celibrate, ease, fete, honor, honour, keep, lionize, observe, slack). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

magdíwang. (various references)

   

Thai

  

เฉลิมฉลอง, สรรเสริญ (laud), ประกาศ (give out). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kutlamak (commemorate, congratulate, emblazon, felicitate, greet, keep, observe), anmak (cite, commemorate, embalm, make mention of, memorialize, mention, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce, think). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

dabaralanmak (observe a ceremony). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

урочисто відзначати, святкувати (commemorate, fete, observe, rejoice, solemnize), оспівувати (chant), звеличувати (aggrandize, apotheosize, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, extoll, glorify, glory), прославляти (apotheosize, emblazon, glorify, praise), правити церковну службу. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

dathlu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Celebrate

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

can, canam, canamus, cane, canebant, canendum, canens, canentem, canentes, canentium, canere, canerentque, caneret, canes, canet, canetis, cani, canis, canite, canitis, canitur, cano, canti, cantorum, cantu, cantum, cecinerunt, cecineruntque, cecinimus, cecinit, celebrare, concino, frequenta, frequentate, frequenter, frequentes. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Celebrate

LanguageDateSourceIsaiah Chapter 38, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOu gar oi en adou ainesousin se oude oi apoqanonteV euloghsousin se oude elpiousin oi en adou thn elehmosunhn sou
Latin405VulgateQuia non infernus confitebitur tibi neque mors laudabit te non expectabunt qui descendunt in lacum veritatem tuam
Middle English1395WyclifFor helle shal not knouleche to thee, nor deth shal preise thee; and thei shul not abyden thi treuthe, that gon doun in to the lake.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Basic English1964OgdenFor the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Celebrate

LanguageIsaiah Chapter 38, Verse 18
CebuanoKay ang Sheol dili makadayeg kanimo, ang kamatayon dili makag-pasidungog kanimo: Sila nga manaug sa gahong dili makalaum sa imong kamatuoran.
Chinese原 來 陰 間 不 能 稱 謝 你 、 死 亡 不 能 頌 揚 你 、 下 坑 的 人 不 能 盼 望 你 的 誠 實 .
CroatianJer Podzemlje ne slavi te, ne hvali te Smrt; oni koji padnu u rupu u tvoju se vjernost više ne uzdaju.
DanishThi Dødsriget takker dig ikke, dig lover ej Døden, på din Miskundbed håber ej de, der synker i Graven.
DutchWant het graf zal U niet loven, de dood zal U niet prijzen; die in den kuil nederdalen, zullen op Uw waarheid niet hopen.
FinnishSillä ei tuonela sinua kiitä, ei kuolema sinua ylistä; eivät hautaan vaipuneet pane sinun totuuteesi toivoansa.
FrenchCe n`est pas le séjour des morts qui te loue, Ce n`est pas la mort qui te célèbre; Ceux qui sont descendus dans la fosse n`espèrent plus en ta fidélité.
GermanDenn die Hölle lobt dich nicht; so rühmt dich der Tod nicht, und die in die Grube fahren, warten nicht auf deine Wahrheit;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariDi alam maut tak ada yang memuji Engkau, orang mati tak dapat mengharapkan kesetiaan-Mu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena liang lahad tiada akan memuji-muji Engkau dan mautpun tiada akan mempermuliakan Dikau; barangsiapa sudah turun ke dalam kubur, ia itu tiada harap lagi pada kebenaran-Mu.
ItalianPoiché non gli inferi ti lodano, né la morte ti canta inni; quanti scendono nella fossa non sperano nella tua fedeltà.
Korean음 부 가 주 께 사 례 하 지 못 하 며 사 망 이 주 를 찬 양 하 지 못 하 며 구 덩 이 에 들 어 간 자 가 주 의 신 실 을 바 라 지 못 하 되
MaoriE kore hoki e taea e te reinga te whakawhetai ki a koe, e kore te mate e ahei te whakamoemiti ki a koe; ko te hunga e heke ana ki te rua kahore o ratou tumanako ki tou pono.
NorwegianFor ikke priser dødsriket dig, ikke lover døden dig; ikke venter de som farer ned i graven, på din trofasthet.
PortuguesePois não pode louvar-te o Seol, nem a morte cantar-te os louvores; os que descem para a cova não podem esperar na tua verdade.   
RumanianCqci nu locuinya moryilor Te laudq, nu moartea Te mqrewte, wi cei ce s`au pogorkt kn groapq nu mai nqdqjduiesc kn credinciowia Ta.
SpanishPorque el Seol no te agradecerá, ni la muerte te alabará. Tampoco los que descienden a la fosa esperarán en tu fidelidad.
SwedishTy dödsriket tackar dig icke, döden prisar dig icke, och de som hava farit ned i graven hoppas ej mer på din trofasthet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Celebrate

Derivations

Words beginning with "celebrate": celebrated, celebratedness, celebratednesses, celebrates. (additional references)

Words ending with "celebrate": concelebrate. (additional references)

Words containing "celebrate": concelebrated, concelebrates, uncelebrated. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Celebrate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Calbraith, celebate, celeberate, celebrare, celebrat, celebratie, celebraty, celerate, celerbrate, celibrate, cellibrate, cillebrate, Culebra, selebrate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Celebrate"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "celebrate" (pronounced se"lubrā't)
6-l u b r ā' tcalibrate.
5-u b r ā' tvertebrate.
3-r ā' tairfreight, arbitrate, administrate, aspirate, birthrate, carbohydrate, castrate, concentrate, consecrate, illustrate, immigrate, demonstrate, denigrate, disintegrate, emigrate, frustrate, gyrate, hydrate, infiltrate, integrate, magistrate, migrate, narrate, nitrate, orchestrate, penetrate, perpetrate, reintegrate, serrate, substrate.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Celebrate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: erectable.

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-l-r-t"

-1 letter: bracelet.

-2 letters: beetler, bleater, reelect, retable, treacle.

-3 letters: beater, beetle, belter, berate, cablet, cartel, cerate, cereal, claret, create, ecarte, elater, labret, rebate, rectal, relace, relate, tercel, treble.

-4 letters: abele, abler, acerb, alert, alter, arete, artel, baler, beret, betel, blare, blate, blear, bleat, brace, bract, caber, cable, caret, carle, carte, cater, celeb, clear, cleat, crate.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-l-r-t"
 

+1 letter: celebrated, celebrates, resectable.

 

+2 letters: bleacherite, respectable.

 

+3 letters: bachelorette, bleacherites, concelebrate, respectables, uncelebrated.

 

+4 letters: bachelorettes, concelebrated, concelebrates, unrespectable.

 

+5 letters: celebratedness, creditableness, disrespectable, hyperexcitable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Bible Trace
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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