| Main Entry: | celebration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commemoration of occasion, achievement |
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anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorification, hilarity, honoring, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jollification, joviality, jubilation, jubilee, keeping, magnification, memorialization, merriment, merrymaking, observance, party, performance, recognition, remembrance, revelry, saturnalia, solemnization, spree, triumph, wingding |
| Concept: | Celebration. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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-nouns
celebration, solemnization, jubilee, commemoration, ovation, paean, triumph, jubilation; china anniversary, diamond anniversary, golden anniversary, silver anniversary, tin anniversary, china jubilee, diamond jubilee, golden jubilee, silver jubilee, tin jubilee, china wedding, diamond wedding, golden wedding, silver wedding, tin wedding., triumphal arch, bonfire, salute; salvo, salvo of artillery; feu de joie, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, colors flying, illuminations., inauguration, installation, presentation; coronation; Lord Mayor's show; harvest-home, red-letter day; trophy; Te Deum (thanksgiving); fête; holiday.
-verbs
celebrate, keep, signalize, do honor to, commemorate, solemnize, hallow, mark with a red letter., pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob., inaugurate, install, chair., rejoice; kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox.
-adjectives
celebrating; commemorative, celebrated, immortal.
-adverbs
in honor of, in commemoration of.
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| Main Entry: | acclaim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expression of approval |
Synonyms: |
PR, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, approbation, celebration, cheering, clapping, commendation, eulogizing, exaltation, honor, kudos, pat on the back, pat on the head, plaudits, praise, puff, pumping up, rave, recognition, strokes, stroking |
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beratement, criticism, disapproval, jeering, vituperation |
| Main Entry: | bash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | party |
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celebration, spree, wing-ding |
| Main Entry: | commemoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honoring, observance |
Synonyms: |
celebration, ceremony, custom, memorial service, monumentalization, recognition, remembrance, tribute |
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forgetting, neglect, negligence, unobservance |
| Main Entry: | commencement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony marking the beginning of stage |
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admission, alpha, birth, bow, celebration, convocation, countdown, curtain-raiser, dawn, dawning, genesis, graduation, initiation, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, outset, proem, services, start, starting point, tee off |
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cessation, completion, end, ending, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | dedication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech of praise; sanctification |
Synonyms: |
address, celebration, consecration, devotion, envoy, glorification, hallowing, inscription, message |
Antonyms: |
apathy |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess |
Synonyms: |
bender, binge, blow-out, bust, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratification, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear*, toot, wingding |
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, pleasure |
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ball*, bash*, big time, blast*, blow out, celebration, cheer, clambake, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, game, good time, grins, high time, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, regalement, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, wingding |
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chore, drudgery, labor, task, work |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
Synonyms: |
accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, conjuncture, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder |