noun
1. a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event (Freq. 5)
• Syn: ↑jubilation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑jubilate (for: ↑jubilation), ↑celebrate
• Hypernyms: ↑affair, ↑occasion, ↑social occasion, ↑function, ↑social function
2. any joyous diversion (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑festivity
• Hypernyms: ↑diversion, ↑recreation
• Hyponyms:
↑agon, ↑merrymaking, ↑conviviality, ↑jollification, ↑feria, ↑festival, ↑fete, ↑gala, ↑gala affair, ↑jamboree, ↑blowout, ↑Ludi Saeculares, ↑secular games, ↑victory celebration
3. the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
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the celebration of marriage
• Syn: ↑solemnization, ↑solemnisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑solemnise (for: ↑solemnisation), ↑solemnize (for: ↑solemnization), ↑celebrate
• Hypernyms: ↑ritual
Useful english dictionary. 2012.