celebrate
part of speech
verb (celebrate, celebrates, celebrated, celebrating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To do something special and enjoyable because of a happy event or a special day, like a birthday, a festival or a win. tree →
2) To praise or honour someone or something publicly: the town celebrates its heroes. tree →
3) "Celebrated" can also be an adjective meaning famous. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To praise and thank God aloud, often in song, as the Levites did in the Temple service. Interpretation: Isaiah says the dead cannot praise God, so tradition reads this as a plea to live so that one can still give thanks. The Levites' celebrating is the model for Temple song. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and culture lessons, families and communities celebrate birthdays, holidays and festivals in different ways: Christmas, Diwali, Eid, Hanukkah, Lunar New Year, Thanksgiving, Matariki and more; respecting how others celebrate is part of being kind. At school, we celebrate achievements in assemblies. In sport, teams celebrate goals and wins, while being kind to the other side. Phrases: "celebrate a birthday", "celebrate success", "celebrate with a party", "something to celebrate".
examples
- For the nether-world cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth. (Prophets ISA.38.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: (Writings 1CH.16.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- We celebrate my birthday with a cake and candles. tree →
- The team celebrated their win with a cheer. tree →
- Many families celebrate Diwali with lights. tree →
- Let's celebrate the end of term with a picnic. tree →
- Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA and Canada. tree →
- The school celebrated its 100th birthday. tree →
- She celebrated passing her swimming test. tree →
- People around the world celebrate New Year with fireworks. tree →
- And then the marriage was celebrated. tree →
note
Regular verb: celebrated, celebrating. Noun: celebration; a famous person is a celebrity. Spelling: cel-e-brate. In time problems: "the town has celebrated its festival every year for 25 years" means it happened 25 times if it started 25 years ago and happens each year (check whether the first and last count).
In the corpora
- A honeymoon is a holiday a couple takes just after the wedding, to rest and celebrate, just the two of them.
- Births of rare animals like gorillas or rhinos are celebrated, because a small population needs every healthy baby.
- Badger tells him there must be a Banquet to celebrate, and Toad must spend the morning writing the invitations.
- Celebrating everyone's effort after SATs is good, because results are not the only thing that counts.
- Some religions and families do not celebrate birthdays, and that is respected.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «celebrate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.