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Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!
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Meaning of "celebrate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CELEBRATE

From Latin celebrāre, from celeber numerous, thronged, renowned.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CELEBRATE

celebrate  [ˈsɛlɪˌbreɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CELEBRATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Celebrate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb celebrate in English.

WHAT DOES CELEBRATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of celebrate in the English dictionary

The first definition of celebrate in the dictionary is to rejoice in or have special festivities to mark. Other definition of celebrate is to observe. Celebrate is also to perform, esp to officiate at.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CELEBRATE

PRESENT

Present
I celebrate
you celebrate
he/she/it celebrates
we celebrate
you celebrate
they celebrate
Present continuous
I am celebrating
you are celebrating
he/she/it is celebrating
we are celebrating
you are celebrating
they are celebrating
Present perfect
I have celebrated
you have celebrated
he/she/it has celebrated
we have celebrated
you have celebrated
they have celebrated
Present perfect continuous
I have been celebrating
you have been celebrating
he/she/it has been celebrating
we have been celebrating
you have been celebrating
they have been celebrating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I celebrated
you celebrated
he/she/it celebrated
we celebrated
you celebrated
they celebrated
Past continuous
I was celebrating
you were celebrating
he/she/it was celebrating
we were celebrating
you were celebrating
they were celebrating
Past perfect
I had celebrated
you had celebrated
he/she/it had celebrated
we had celebrated
you had celebrated
they had celebrated
Past perfect continuous
I had been celebrating
you had been celebrating
he/she/it had been celebrating
we had been celebrating
you had been celebrating
they had been celebrating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will celebrate
you will celebrate
he/she/it will celebrate
we will celebrate
you will celebrate
they will celebrate
Future continuous
I will be celebrating
you will be celebrating
he/she/it will be celebrating
we will be celebrating
you will be celebrating
they will be celebrating
Future perfect
I will have celebrated
you will have celebrated
he/she/it will have celebrated
we will have celebrated
you will have celebrated
they will have celebrated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been celebrating
you will have been celebrating
he/she/it will have been celebrating
we will have been celebrating
you will have been celebrating
they will have been celebrating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would celebrate
you would celebrate
he/she/it would celebrate
we would celebrate
you would celebrate
they would celebrate
Conditional continuous
I would be celebrating
you would be celebrating
he/she/it would be celebrating
we would be celebrating
you would be celebrating
they would be celebrating
Conditional perfect
I would have celebrate
you would have celebrate
he/she/it would have celebrate
we would have celebrate
you would have celebrate
they would have celebrate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been celebrating
you would have been celebrating
he/she/it would have been celebrating
we would have been celebrating
you would have been celebrating
they would have been celebrating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you celebrate
we let´s celebrate
you celebrate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to celebrate
Past participle
celebrated
Present Participle
celebrating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CELEBRATE


adumbrate
ˈædʌmˌbreɪt
calibrate
ˈkælɪˌbreɪt
cerebrate
ˈsɛrɪˌbreɪt
clofibrate
ˌkləʊˈfaɪbreɪt
concelebrate
kənˈsɛlɪˌbreɪt
cribrate
ˈkrɪbreɪt
decerebrate
diːˈsɛrɪˌbreɪt
disequilibrate
ˌdɪsɪˈkwɪlɪˌbreɪt
dolabrate
dəʊˈlæbreɪt
elucubrate
ɪˈluːkjʊˌbreɪt
equilibrate
ˌiːkwɪˈlaɪbreɪt
exprobrate
ˈɛksprəʊˌbreɪt
glabrate
ˈɡleɪbreɪt
librate
ˈlaɪbreɪt
lucubrate
ˈluːkjʊˌbreɪt
obumbrate
ɒbˈʌmbreɪt
recalibrate
riːˈkælɪˌbreɪt
terebrate
ˈtɛrɪˌbreɪt
vertebrate
ˈvɜːtɪˌbreɪt
vibrate
vaɪˈbreɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CELEBRATE

celeb
Celebes
Celebes Sea
celebrant
celebrated
celebratedness
celebration
celebrative
celebrator
celebratory
celebreality
celebrities
celebrity
celebrity status
celebrity wedding
celebutante
celeriac
celerity
celery
celery pine

WORDS THAT END LIKE CELEBRATE

accurate
at any rate
concentrate
corporate
demonstrate
desperate
generate
illustrate
inaccurate
incorporate
inumbrate
invertebrate
karate
megavertebrate
moderate
operate
palpebrate
pirate
rate
separate

Synonyms and antonyms of celebrate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CELEBRATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «celebrate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of celebrate

Translation of «celebrate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CELEBRATE

Find out the translation of celebrate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of celebrate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «celebrate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

庆祝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

celebrar
570 millions of speakers

English

celebrate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जश्न मनाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَحْتَفِلُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

праздновать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

celebrar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদযাপন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

célébrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meraikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

feiern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

祝う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경축하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngrayakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ăn mừng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொண்டாட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साजरा करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kutlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

festeggiare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świętować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

святкувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a sărbători
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γιορτάζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fira
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feire
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of celebrate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CELEBRATE»

The term «celebrate» is very widely used and occupies the 5.698 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CELEBRATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «celebrate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «celebrate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about celebrate

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «CELEBRATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word celebrate.
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Liane Balaban
Anything we can do to encourage our young people to celebrate the arts and believe in a career in the arts is wonderful for Canada and for Canadian youth.
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Tyra Banks
Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!
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Bryan Batt
I grew up in a very celebratory town. We celebrate everything, from life to death and everything in between. So a lot of dramatics come into my aesthetic. And I'm an actor, so that adds more to the dramatic - I don't mean over-the-top. The main thing is never to be boring.
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Art Buchwald
This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security.
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Emmanuelle Chriqui
I can celebrate food anytime. I love cheese. When I crave a certain food, I just eat it.
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Lucille Clifton
People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.
7
Maximillian Degenerez
Celebrate life in all its glory - challenge yourself to let the routine sing, and the new dance.
8
Roma Downey
People come together with their families to celebrate Easter. What better way to celebrate than to spend a few hours going on the journey of Christ's life.
9
Josh Duhamel
I've teamed up with PetSmart Charities to celebrate the five million homeless pets who've found homes through their in-store adoption centers, and to spread the word about how we can work together to save millions more pets' lives and, ultimately, end pet homelessness.
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Roger Ebert
And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CELEBRATE»

Discover the use of celebrate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to celebrate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Celebrate
Celebrate by Pippa Middleton is a fully illustrated and beautifully designed book packed with recipes, crafts and inspirational ideas.Beginning with autumn and ending with summer, Celebrate is a one-stop guide to entertaining throughout the ...
Pippa Middleton, 2012
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Celebrate!: Cookbook
Simultaneous. With one purpose only--to bring friends and family together--Sheila Lukins invites you to "Celebrate!," with a full-color revel of a cookbook featuring 43 menus and over 350 knockout recipes.
Sheila Lukins, 2003
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Celebrate: Four Seasons of Holiday Fun
Includes instructions for making crafts and decorations, directions for playing games, and ideas for preparing food to celebrate the holidays and other special times throughout a girl's year.
Brooks Whitney, Norm Bendel, Nadine Bernard Westcott, 1998
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Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays
Introduces Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simhat Torah, Hanukkah, Tu Bishva, Purim, Passover, and Shavuot.
Judith Gross, Bari Weissman, 2005
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Celebrate the Solstice: Honoring the Earth's Seasonal ...
This book is an accessible, engaging tool to help people enrich their lives through the observance of ancient, astronomically determined Earth festivals.
Richard Heinberg, 1993
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Celebrate Recovery Updated Leader's Guide
Drawn from the Beatitudes, Celebrate Recovery helps people resolve painful problems in the context of the church as a whole.
John Baker, 2009
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Celebrate Your Self: Enhancing Your Self-esteem
Draws on Transactional Analysis and other major schools of psychological thought to provide guidelines for developing self-esteem and self-understanding and achieving personal goals
Dorothy Corkille Briggs, 1986
8
Celebrate: Discovering Joy in Life's Ordinary Moments
It’s a matter of perspective—knowing where (and how) to look for the blessings God has given us. Join us and start noticing the joys hiding in plain sight. You’ll find there’s plenty to celebrate!
Women of Faith, 2012
9
Celebrate Your Creative Self
Helps you act upon your artistic inspirations and joyfully appreciate the creative process.
Mary Beam, 2001
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Celebrate People's History!: The Poster Book of Resistance ...
A graphic history of dissent and activism around the world.
Josh MacPhee, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CELEBRATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term celebrate is used in the context of the following news items.
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USWNT invade LA Live, celebrate World Cup title with fans (VIDEO)
Hear from Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, head coach Jill Ellis and other members of the USWNT as they celebrate their World Cup win in Los ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
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US women's soccer team to celebrate World Cup title at LA Live
The U.S. women's soccer team will celebrate their third World Cup title during a rally held at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. «KABC-TV, Jul 15»
3
Twitter Wants To Celebrate Your Birthday Too
Twitter's latest update adopts one of Facebook's most useful features. (How else would you remember your friends's birthdays?) Add your ... «Fast Company, Jul 15»
4
Minnesota bookstores will celebrate release of Harper Lee novel
... bookstores will celebrate release of Harper Lee novel. Copies of Harper Lee's new novel go on sale Tuesday. Here's how you can celebrate. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
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Pensacola International Airport, OHM Concessions celebrate grand …
Pensacola International Airport and OHM Concessions Group on Tuesday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of ... «Pensacola News Journal, Jul 15»
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UNMC to celebrate opening of sixth college
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will celebrate its sixth and newest college, the College of Allied Health Professions, with a ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
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Celebrate 'Godzilla' Co-Creator Eiji Tsuburaya's Birthday by Making …
To celebrate the 114th birthday of special-effects legend Eiji Tsuburaya — who created Ultraman and co-created Godzilla — Google's Doodle ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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Tynwald Day 2015: Thousands celebrate Manx national day
Thousands of people gathered in St John's on Monday to celebrate Tynwald Day - the Isle of Man's national day. It is the only day of the year ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
9
Mayfield Dairy Farms holds 'Free Ice Cream Day' to celebrate
ATHENS (WATE) – After six weeks of renovations, Mayfield Dairy Farms has officially reopened their historic dairy. The dairy farm is offering a ... «WATE 6 On Your Side, Jul 15»
10
Leeds to Liverpool Canal to celebrate 200 years
A SPECIAL festival is being organised to celebrate 200 years since the Leeds to Liverpool Canal was opened to our city. Liverpool's ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»

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