Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to celebrate
Participle: celebrated
Gerund: celebrating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | celebrate |
| you | celebrate |
| he;she;it | celebrates |
| we | celebrate |
| you | celebrate |
| they | celebrate |
Perfect
| I | have celebrated |
| you | have celebrated |
| he;she;it | has celebrated |
| we | have celebrated |
| you | have celebrated |
| they | have celebrated |
Past
| I | celebrated |
| you | celebrated |
| he;she;it | celebrated |
| we | celebrated |
| you | celebrated |
| they | celebrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had celebrated |
| you | had celebrated |
| he;she;it | had celebrated |
| we | had celebrated |
| you | had celebrated |
| they | had celebrated |
Future
| I | will celebrate |
| you | will celebrate |
| he;she;it | will celebrate |
| we | will celebrate |
| you | will celebrate |
| they | will celebrate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have celebrated |
| you | will have celebrated |
| he;she;it | will have celebrated |
| we | will have celebrated |
| you | will have celebrated |
| they | will have celebrated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | celebrate |
| you | celebrate |
| he;she;it | celebrate |
| we | celebrate |
| you | celebrate |
| they | celebrate |
Perfect
| I | have celebrated |
| you | have celebrated |
| he;she;it | have celebrated |
| we | have celebrated |
| you | have celebrated |
| they | have celebrated |
Imperfect
| I | celebrated |
| you | celebrated |
| he;she;it | celebrated |
| we | celebrated |
| you | celebrated |
| they | celebrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had celebrated |
| you | had celebrated |
| he;she;it | had celebrated |
| we | had celebrated |
| you | had celebrated |
| they | had celebrated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would celebrate |
| you | would celebrate |
| he;she;it | would celebrate |
| we | would celebrate |
| you | would celebrate |
| they | would celebrate |
Perfect
| I | would have celebrated |
| you | would have celebrated |
| he;she;it | would have celebrated |
| we | would have celebrated |
| you | would have celebrated |
| they | would have celebrated |
Imperative
| you | celebrate |
| we | Let's celebrate |
| you | celebrate |
Verbs conjugated like 'celebrate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'celebrate'
cerebrate,
calibrate,
celibate,
delibrate,
recelebrate,
terebrate,
accelerate,
camerate,
celebritize,
cellulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- commemorate
- honor, dedicate, observe, memorialize, solemnize, venerate, hallow, keep
- praise
- laud, applaud, extol, commend, lionize, fete, eulogize, honor
Antonyms
- praise
- condemn, blame, censure, discommend
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1465, from L.
celebratus pp. of
celebrare "to frequent in great numbers, assemble to honor," from
celeber "frequented, populous."
Celebrated "much-talked-about" is from 1665.
2. From Middle English celebraten, from celebrat(e) (“celebrated”, also used as the past participle of celebraten) + -en, borrowed from Latin celebrātus, perfect passive participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian and frēolsian.
Verbs referencing "celebrate"
Esperanto
celebri.
Sample Sentences
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to celebrate the name of the Most High
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To celebrate the centenary next month of the opening of the first section (Forest Gate to Tilbury) of the former London, Tilbury & Southend Railway, the Stephenson Locomotive Society is organising a special rail tour over that route and other lesser-known L.T.S.R. lines. [1954 March, “Notes and News: S.L.S. Tour of Tilbury Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 215:]
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Okay, that is simply not true. If that were the case, you wouldn’t need to have an Olympics. The whole reason we do this is to find out who is better than everyone else, so that we can make them stand higher than the other people who are not as good as them, because the point of the games is not to celebrate equality. It is to celebrate individuals’ excellence. So let us all settle in for two incredible weeks of celebrating the fittest, the bravest, the most beautiful and of course, the drunkest of us all. “Did somebody say ‘party’?” [2016 August 7, “Journalism”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 20, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:]
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Instead, we retreat into our gender-segregated media spaces where the manosphere extols stoicism and the womanosphere celebrates emotional vulnerability. [2024 April 17, David Sasaki, “The emotionally immature lives of men and women”, in The Time Capsule, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2024:]
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to celebrate a birthday
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Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli. [1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:]
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I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate!
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As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy. [2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2022:]
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to celebrate a marriage