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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
celebration
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
birthday celebrations
▪ the President’s 60th birthday celebrations
independence celebrations
▪ The region is preparing for Monday's independence celebrations.
victory celebrations
▪ The victory celebrations went on all night.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ This is the biggest religious celebration in the wealthy zones.
▪ Indeed Hogmanay is a bigger celebration than Christmas.
▪ The big celebration usually takes place on Christmas Eve.
centenary
▪ A Centenary celebration is a useful moment for reflection.
▪ It is in this latter style that the sole survivor, 167 - has been restored for the Centenary celebrations.
▪ Now for the immediate future, and the various centenary celebrations which begin this weekend.
▪ Mr Goto was in the market for an important work of art as part of his company's centenary celebrations.
double
▪ The two schools ended up as joint winners of the 1998 Carnival, which meant a double celebration for the team.
▪ For Andrew McCreath the gala was one of double celebration.
▪ It called for a celebration - a double celebration, really, she decided.
▪ Then a party may be held on a different day, so there is a double celebration.
▪ The win made it a double celebration for Betty and husband Arthur.
▪ The launch of the engine plant marked a double celebration for staff at Ellesmere Port.
religious
▪ This is the biggest religious celebration in the wealthy zones.
▪ We bounced their children on our knees and joined in their religious celebrations.
▪ These are the sort of things you might suggest that people give you for your birthday, Christmas or other religious celebration.
special
▪ So we had a video, and a special celebration dinner, and it made me feel really great.
▪ Remember that at this time the special eucharistic celebration of Christians took place during the course of a meal of fellowship.
▪ I have organized a very special celebration for him.
▪ I have designed a special celebration menu for you today.
▪ Schools will still want to capitalise on topical events, and special celebrations.
▪ Newry are also hosting a special celebration dinner in the clubhouse on Friday night to mark the completion of their development.
■ NOUN
birthday
▪ But Kiwomya had the last word, capitalising on a slice of good fortune to make his birthday celebrations complete.
▪ This Sunday afternoon in late summer, I accompany my parents to Mr Berzins's ninetieth birthday celebration.
▪ Teenager Jamie Pollock hopes to start off week-end birthday celebrations with a win.
▪ But they've a rather shorter run planned this birthday celebration.
day
▪ On June 26, Independence Day celebrations were held.
▪ Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights promise to be busier than usual too, with extended Valentine's Day celebrations.
▪ Sing it with your Pack as part of your Thinking Day celebrations.
▪ Nothing else got everybody running about as excitedly as Empire Day celebrations on 24 May every year.
▪ Zedillo, using an Army Day celebration as the stage, told thousands of officers and soldiers that the arrest of Gen.
▪ This will take place on Sunday, after we have witnessed the May Day celebrations in Nanking.
▪ If everyone in your Pack makes a bookmark, you can exchange them as part of your Thinking Day celebrations.
dinner
▪ A celebration dinner party. 3.
▪ So we had a video, and a special celebration dinner, and it made me feel really great.
▪ He had even been confident enough to order a celebration dinner at the White Hart Hotel in Aylesbury for that evening.
▪ We have established, have we not, that the public house is not worthy of a celebration dinner.
▪ Harrison met his party colleagues for a celebration dinner on the outskirts of the city.
▪ About three months ago, my husband and I had a celebration dinner in town.
▪ Newry are also hosting a special celebration dinner in the clubhouse on Friday night to mark the completion of their development.
millennium
▪ Motorcyclists were the latest section of society to get a mass blessing-part of the Vatican's Millennium celebrations.
victory
▪ This signalled the start of the victory celebrations as Randalstown swamped the Victorians circle.
▪ Tuesday, they put on their party duds and joined the victory celebrations.
▪ Shah Jehan had now recovered from his illness and was able to move to Agra and join in the victory celebrations.
▪ James McClure, R-Idaho, sponsored a victory celebration for second-term Sen.
▪ Today's announcement of the drive for union members smacked of a victory celebration, surely a little premature ahead of Thursday's vote?
■ VERB
attend
▪ They were expected to attend the urban celebrations of the great festivals and took part in the pageantry and the festivities.
▪ Police estimated the crowd at 35, 000, but some organizers said as many as 100, 000 attended the celebration.
▪ He had been invited to attend the Easter celebrations by the Orthodox Church.
hold
▪ One group of villagers are so delighted they're holding a celebration to mark the best harvest in years.
join
▪ Most cats will refuse to join in such celebrations, but those that do will quickly suffer for it.
▪ Tuesday, they put on their party duds and joined the victory celebrations.
▪ Come and join in the celebrations throughout the year.
▪ There are other ways to join the celebration.
▪ We bounced their children on our knees and joined in their religious celebrations.
▪ Campese was nearly sent flying as he jogged off through the crowd to join the dressing-room celebrations.
▪ Julian Wolinsky joined the opening celebrations.
mark
▪ One group of villagers are so delighted they're holding a celebration to mark the best harvest in years.
▪ The celebration marks a recognition by leaders here that the Navy is an important part of the community, said Rear Adm.
▪ Birmingham on 1 and 2 August 1838 saw a celebration to mark the end of apprenticeship.
▪ Weekend celebrations to mark the end of military rule had led to violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
▪ Kaskelot is one of the main features over a weekend of celebrations to mark 200 years of canals.
▪ She was fêted at celebrations to mark the Equal Franchise Act of 1928.
▪ It was all part of the celebrations to mark the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of war.Elizabeth O'Reilly reports.
plan
▪ Start planning your celebration for the day of the last measuring session - the day after tomorrow.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Janine had her birthday celebration a week early.
▪ New Year's celebrations
▪ New Year celebrations in Scotland go on for three days.
▪ Posadas is a nine-day celebration in Mexico before Christmas.
▪ The hospital is planning a huge celebration of its 50th anniversary.
▪ There is a two-day citywide celebration each year at the end of June.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In our own celebrations this Christmas, may we join with Mary in giving thanks for the amazing gift of human life.
▪ It begins with a wedding celebration taking place in the open air.
▪ Plenty of booze and chow round out the celebration, considered the grandaddy of July Fourth blasts.
▪ Some examples include frustration over work, an argument with a spouse, and celebration of a baseball game win.
▪ This was no celebration of diversity.
▪ Was this celebration, six years after the Liberation, a reminder of less happy times?
▪ When our flag flies, it signifies a national celebration.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Celebration

Celebration \Cel`e*bra"tion\, n. [L. celebratio.] The act, process, or time of celebrating.

His memory deserving a particular celebration.
--Clarendok.

Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass
--Cath. Dict.

To hasten the celebration of their marriage.
--Sir P. Sidney.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
celebration

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.

Wiktionary
celebration

n. 1 The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament 2 The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities 3 The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event. 4 A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

WordNet
celebration
  1. n. a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event [syn: jubilation]

  2. any joyous diversion [syn: festivity]

  3. the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage" [syn: solemnization, solemnisation]

Gazetteer
Celebration, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000): 2736
Housing Units (2000): 1093
Land area (2000): 10.669265 sq. miles (27.633268 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.028096 sq. miles (0.072769 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.697361 sq. miles (27.706037 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11285
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.320059 N, 81.540149 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Celebration, FL
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Wikipedia
Celebration

Celebration or Celebrations may refer to:

  • Party, a social gathering or celebration
  • Festival, a community gathering to celebrate something in particular
  • The observance of a feast day or holiday
  • The celebration of the Eucharist
  • Celebration (Alaska festival)
Celebration (musical)

Celebration is a musical with a book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt. The musical fable, employing a nearly bare stage, explores the contrasts between youth and old age, innocence and corruption, love and ambition, and poverty and wealth.

It was presented on Broadway in 1969 and was not a financial success. Although the critics found the show interesting, it did not develop a broad following among audiences.

Celebration (Tyeb Mehta)

Celebration is a triptych painting by Tyeb Mehta. It sold at Christie's for 15 million Indian rupees (US$300,000) in 2002, the highest price a contemporary Indian piece of art has ever sold for in a public auction.

Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)

"Celebration" is a song released in 1980 by Kool & the Gang from their album Celebrate!.

Celebration (Simple Minds album)

Celebration is a compilation album by Simple Minds, released in 1982. The compilation features tracks from the band's tenure on the Arista Records label prior to their move to Virgin Records in 1981.

Celebration (2000s band)

Celebration is a psychedelic soul band based out of Baltimore, Maryland.

Celebration (Julian Lloyd Webber album)

Celebration is a two CD set album released by the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber in 2001.

Celebration (play)

Celebration is a play by British playwright Harold Pinter. It was first presented as a double-bill, with Pinter's first play The Room on Thursday 16 March 2000 at the Almeida Theatre in London.

Celebration (Celebration album)

Celebration is the debut album from Baltimore's Celebration. It was released on February 27, 2006. The album was released on 4AD.

Celebration (Alaska festival)

Celebration is a biennial Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultural event held in Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is sponsored and organized by the Sealaska Heritage Institute, the non-profit cultural arm of Sealaska Corporation.

The event consists of a three-day program of staged and parade dancing, soap berries and seaweed traditional food contests, a juried visual arts presentation, a Native crafts market, and lectures or workshops.

Celebration was first held in 1982. It is now the largest cultural event in Alaska.

Celebration (TV series)

Celebration is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1976.

Celebration (DJ BoBo album)

Celebration is a compilation album by Swiss singer DJ BoBo, released in 2002.

Celebration (Bheki Mseleku album)

Celebration was the debut album of jazz musician Bheki Mseleku. The album was on the short list of nominees for the 1992 Mercury Prize.

Celebration (Glory album)

Celebration is the debut album by rapper Glory and was released in 2012.

Celebration (1979 Celebration album)

'Celebration ' is the second album release by the Mike Love fronted band Celebration. The album was released in February 1979 and mainly features song writing from Mike Love and Ron Altbach. The album also contains a Brian Wilson co-write called "How’s About A Little Bit". "Starbaby" and "Gettin' Hungry" were released as the lead singles for album. The album has long been difficult to find as it is estimated only 5,000 copies were pressed and released.

Celebration (Madonna song)

Celebration is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Madonna for her third greatest hits album of the same name (2009). It was written and produced by Madonna, Paul Oakenfold and Ian Green, with additional writing from Ciaran Gribbin. The song was released digitally on July 31, 2009 by Warner Bros. Records. Madonna collaborated with Oakenfold to develop a number of songs. Amongst all the songs developed by them, two were chosen for the greatest hits album with "Celebration" being released as the first single from it. It is a dance-oriented song with influences of Madonna's singles from the 1980s and 1990s, and consisting of a speak-sing format bridge. The lyrics of the song invites one to come and join a party.

"Celebration" received mixed reviews from contemporary critics. It peaked at number one in Bulgaria, Finland, Israel, Italy, Slovakia and Sweden, while reaching the top five in other nations, including Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom where it debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It became Madonna's 55th entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it debuted and peaked at number 71, and her 40th number-one song on the dance chart.

The music video used the Benny Benassi remix of the song. It portrayed Madonna and her tour dancers solo dancing to the song. Cameo appearances were made by model Jesus Luz and in an alternative video by her daughter Lourdes. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, the song received a nomination in the Best Dance Recording category. The song was used as a closing for The MDNA Tour in which Madonna energetically danced in a glittery outfit, and at one point put on a pair of headphones and pantomimed scratching records with colored cubes falling in the backdrop. Live performance of "Celebration" on The MDNA Tour:

Celebration (Madonna album)

Celebration is the third greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, and the final release under her contract with Warner Bros. Records, her record company since 1982. The release follows her two previous greatest hits albums, The Immaculate Collection (1990) and GHV2 (2001). The compilation was released in many different formats including a one-disc edition and a deluxe double disc. A compilation DVD, entitled Celebration: The Video Collection, was released to accompany the audio versions. The album includes three new tracks, the title track which is included on all versions, " Revolver" which is included on the deluxe editions and "It's So Cool" which is included as a bonus track on some of the iTunes Store deluxe digital versions. A fourth track, "Broken", was recorded for the album but not used; eventually it was released in 2012 as a limited edition promotional vinyl single for fanclub members.

Celebration was appreciated by contemporary critics who noted the vastness of Madonna's back-catalogue. The album debuted at the top of the charts in Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Madonna became tied with Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most number-one albums in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it debuted at number seven in the Billboard 200; in other nations, it also debuted within the top ten, peaking in the top three in most of them. The title track was released as the first single of the album. It became Madonna's 40th number-one song on Billboards Hot Dance Club Songs chart. "Revolver" was released as the second single from the album in some territories, but did not achieve significant commercial success.

Celebration (Uriah Heep album)

Celebration is the 22nd album by the British rock band Uriah Heep. It features re-recorded classic songs from the band, as well as two tracks written specifically for this release. A double Deluxe Special Edition on digipak format features an extra live DVD recorded at the Sweden Rock Festival. A Collector's Edition features a 2-song (vinyl) single in addition to the regular Celebration CD (the songs on the single were also recorded at the Sweden Rock Festival, and were not included on the DVD).

Celebration was released in most European territories on 6 October 2009 in the U.K., on 26 October 2009, and approximately one month later in the United States.

In 2015, keyboardist Phil Lanzon released a music video for "Corridors of Madness" featuring footage taken while on tour in Israel and the United States.

Celebration (The Game song)

"Celebration" is a song by American rapper The Game, released as the first single from his fifth studio album Jesus Piece. The song features additional vocals from fellow rappers Tyga, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne and American singer/rapper Chris Brown. "Celebration" premiered on Los Angeles' Power 106 on August 22, 2012. The song samples Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's hit single " 1st of tha Month".

Celebration (AnnaGrace song)

"Celebration" is the fourth single released by the Belgian duo AnnaGrace, formerly known as Ian Van Dahl. The track is the group's fourth single following their 2008 debut single " You Make Me Feel", 2009 second single " Let the Feelings Go" and 2009 third single " Love Keeps Calling".

Celebration (1970s band)

Celebration was a short lived 1970s American rock band, fronted by Beach Boys lead singer Mike Love as well as members of the band King Harvest.

Celebration (Dareysteel song)

"Celebration" is the eighth single by the Spanish hip-hop rapper singer-songwriter Dareysteel. The song was released as a single on the 1 January 2014 on the album Unstoppable by Little Seconds Entertainment Spain. Before the release of the song, Dareysteel confirmed that 50 percent of the revenue of the album sales will be giving to charity organizations.

Celebration (Eric Kloss album)

Celebration is an album by saxophonist Eric Kloss recorded in 1979 and released on the Muse label.

Celebration (Deuter album)

Celebration is the third studio album by new age composer Deuter. It was released in 1976 on Kuckuck Schallplatten.

Usage examples of "celebration".

Year 551, we offer up praises to God, His Son and the Holy Spirit for the success of the enterprise, and admonish all loyal subjects within the bounds of the Empire to join with us in this celebration, for surely we are delivered for the purpose of Christian vindication throughout the world.

From some dim adytum the recorded carols of a private celebration could be heard, and some laughter.

Not only had she been made a widow during her twentieth anniversary celebration, but she and her daughter were locked in cages, kept like slaves for the amusement of a couple of demented perverts.

A few years ago distinguished military men from abroad came here to participate in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the surrender of Yorktown by Lord Cornwallis.

But usually those of us who die die in the ashram, with all of the cluster around them, and it is a time for great loving and celebration.

Candela and Finch offices last Friday evening, part of the bicentenary celebrations.

Nixon, the celebration of the Bicentennial, the presidency of Carter, all aimed at restoration.

Well, that part of the plan collapsed with Watergate, so we decided to make the Bicentennial a celebration of the new Republican leadership.

No doubt the old cheery publicity is a little embarrassing to the two most concerned, and the old marriage customs, the singing of the bride and bridegroom to their nuptial couch, the frank jests, the country horse-play, must have fretted the souls of many a lover before Shelley, who, it will be remembered, resented the choral celebrations of his Scotch landlord and friends by appearing at his bedroom door with a brace of pistols.

When he reached home, his people held a great celebration in his honor and brought him many gifts, the loot of the cities he had burned and the ships he had captured, one bringing a rich armor, another a necklace of gold and hyacinth, a third a cloak of byssus, and so on.

Communities free to convene conventions will be also meeting this year during the Centenary celebrations.

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Shrine in anticipation of having it finished for the July 9 Centenary Celebrations of His Martyrdom.

The world-wide Centenary celebrations crowning these enterprises were undertaken in such perilous circumstances and carried out despite the formidable obstacles engendered through prolongation of hostilities.

Community during the two-year interval separating us from the Centenary celebrations of the prophetic mission of the Founder of our Faith.