American English pronunciation

How to pronounce celebration

IPA transcription: [,sɛləb'ɹeɪʃən]

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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

    “the celebration of marriage”

Usage examples

  • The celebration lasts at least four days, and includes various entertainment and activities.
  • The celebrations would last a month and include free games and free food.
  • The celebrations would last a month and include free games and free food.
  • Bridgeport also occasionally plays host to the annual E Clampus Vitus celebration.
  • The celebration produced a large number of infrastructure works, new construction and work sources.
  • These celebrations include music, meals and typical drinks.
  • Each year Whitmore Lake hosts a weekend-long celebration for Independence Day.
  • The celebrations would last a month and include free games and free food.
  • In large pagodas music and dance is also performed as part of the celebrations.
  • In the village's celebration, Obelix asks Asterix if the Gauls really did conquer Rome.