celebrate

«celebrate» in Mova's school dictionary: To do something special and enjoyable because of a happy… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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.