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# celebrate

verb (celebrate, celebrates, celebrated, celebrating)

«celebrate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#m1)
2. To praise or honour someone or something publicly: the town celebrates its heroes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#m2)
3. "Celebrated" can also be an adjective meaning famous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x1)
- The team celebrated their win with a cheer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x2)
- Many families celebrate Diwali with lights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x3)
- Let's celebrate the end of term with a picnic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x4)
- Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA and Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x5)
- The school celebrated its 100th birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x6)
- She celebrated passing her swimming test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x7)
- People around the world celebrate New Year with fireworks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x8)
- And then the marriage was celebrated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/#x9)

### 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 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.

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/celebrate/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/celebrate/#x2)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «celebrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«celebrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/celebrate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «celebrate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/celebrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«celebrate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/celebrate.html) on Mova free.