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Synonyms for celebrations

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sel-uh-brey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɛl əˈbreɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for celebrations
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Définition of celebrations

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun commemoration of occasion, achievement
Example sentences :
  • In winter alike ordinary Mass and these celebrations were stopped by the snow.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Picture and sculpture are the celebrations and festivities of form.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • He was present at Barrat during one of the Moorish celebrations.
  • Extract from : « James Cutbush » by Edgar F. Smith
  • Will they ever be reproduced for other celebrations of the glorious 29th of July?
  • Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • The most renowned of all the celebrations of the ancient Greeks were the Olympic games.
  • Extract from : « Nero » by Jacob Abbott
  • It was unsafe to go there at night when these celebrations were held.
  • Extract from : « Some Reminiscences of old Victoria » by Edgar Fawcett
  • He was usually needed professionally at Fourth of July celebrations.
  • Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman
  • Francis was glad when the celebrations, tournament and all, were well over.
  • Extract from : « Mary Queen of Scots, Makers of History » by Jacob Abbott
  • The conspirators had decided not to begin the celebrations too early.
  • Extract from : « The Madcap of the School » by Angela Brazil
  • Brampton, as we know, was famous for its Fourth of July celebrations.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Antonyms for celebrations

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