WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
cel•e•bra•tion /ˌsɛlə ˈbreɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n. praise:[uncountable]Celebration for this fine author came only after her death.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- an event or occasion of celebrating: [countable]The postwar celebrations went on for days.[uncountable]a period of quiet celebration.
cel•e•bra•tion
(sel′ə brā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- an act of celebrating.
- the festivities engaged in to celebrate something.
- Latin celebrātiōn- (stem of celebrātiō) big assembly. See celebrate, -ion
- 1520–30
'celebration' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bar Mitzvah
- Bloomsday
- Communion
- Dunker
- Fasching
- Feast of Fools
- Holy Communion
- Kamehameha Day
- Lord of Misrule
- Mass
- May Day
- Maying
- Sanctus
- Storey
- aliturgical
- anniversary
- annual
- bacchanal
- beanfeast
- beano
- bicentennial
- bination
- birthday
- birthnight
- bonfire
- calf
- carnival
- celebrant
- celebrity
- centenary
- centennial
- circumfuse
- commemoration
- communion
- communion table
- concelebration
- crashing
- dab
- dalmatic
- decennial
- drink
- espousal
- feast
- festival
- festivity
- fete
- fiesta
- firecracker
- firework
- gala