Definitions for celebration
ˌsɛl əˈbreɪ ʃəncel·e·bra·tion

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. celebration, jubilation(noun)

   a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

2. celebration, festivity(noun)

   any joyous diversion

3. celebration, solemnization, solemnisation(noun)

   the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

   "the celebration of marriage"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. celebration(Noun)

   The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament

2. celebration(Noun)

   The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities

3. celebration(Noun)

   The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.

4. celebration(Noun)

   A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Celebration(noun)

   the act, process, or time of celebrating

   Etymology: [L. celebratio.]

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1. Celebration

   "Celebration" is a number one hit song released in 1980 by Kool & the Gang from their album Celebrate!.

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1. celebration

   A reason to share time, fun, love, joy and food together as a group.

   The celebration was real, we love family time.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

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1. celebration

   Song lyrics by celebration -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by celebration on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'celebration' in Nouns Frequency: #1776

How to pronounce celebration?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say celebration in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of celebration in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of celebration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of celebration in a Sentence

1. Andrew Bailey:

   We are really worried about the future here. We have rights, we have a great celebration here and we have the apparent solidarity of this government. We need to have the EU support as well.

2. The FBI:

   This attack continues for approximately 16 seconds until Foy is knocked down by another rioter. ... Foy raises his hockey stick above his head in celebration.

3. Michael Wood:

   Only on rare occasions does celebration come so closely aligned with regret, the regret of what we left out was tempered by the enormous excitement we have in presenting the six books on the shortlist.

4. Anna Chapman:

   I would like to thank FIFA for this amazing experience [ and ] all foreigners for coming to Russia, we loved having you and [ definitely ] gon na miss the vibe. You turned our country into a place of celebration, happiness and land of sport lovers.

5. Willie Delwiche:

   There was celebration on the open and it was a case where if some of this trade uncertainty goes away, even if it is not solved, so to speak, that decreases the likelihood the Fed needs to step in, or at least step in as aggressively as people were thinking about a week and a half ago.

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