celebration
pronunciation
How to pronounce celebration in British English:
UK [ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn]
How to pronounce celebration in American English:
US [ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
- any joyous diversion
- the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
Word Origin
- celebration (n.)
- 1520s, "honoring of a day or season by appropriate festivities," formed in English from celebrate, or else from Latin celebrationem (nominative celebratio) "numerous attendance" (especially upon a festival celebration), noun of action from past participle stem of celebrare. Meaning "performance of a religious ceremony" (especially the Eucharist) is from 1570s; that of "extolling in speeches, etc." is from 1670s.
Example
- 1. This is a week of faithful celebration .
- 2. This was consciously not a celebration of high culture .
- 3. The country just announced its plans to finally complete the ryugyong hotel project begun in 1987 , to coincide with the celebration .
- 4. Mr das 's celebration of liberalism is admirable .
- 5. For some local residents , this landmark is cause for celebration .