celebration English · revision 6827

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing, derivation|attested=1529|origins=la celeber}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/ ''(UK)''; /ˌsɛl.əˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɛlˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|célébration]] or directly [[m|la|celebratio|t=a numerous attendance]],^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)^(Etymonline) a noun of action from [[m|la|celebro|alt=celebrāre|t=to celebrate]] (see [[celebrate]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) or formed in English from celebrate.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The observing of a feast, day or season with festivities: 1529 in the OED,^(OED 1989) the 1520s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The performance of a solemn religious ceremony, especially the Eucharist, is from the 1570s, 1580 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Publicly praising someone, and laudatory speeches, are from the 1670s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In the 18th century the word was also used for renown, in the sense of [[celebrity]].^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1529 – the observance of a feast or festival.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1580 – the performance of a religious rite.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1674 – public praise.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1710 – renown (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of celebrating a happy event or occasion.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A social gathering or [[festivity|alt=festivities]] held to mark an occasion.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The performance of a religious [[ceremony]], especially the [[Eucharist]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # Public praise; [[acclaim]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[concelebration]]

+ * [[noncelebration]]

+ * [[precelebration]]

+ * [[recelebration]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[celebrant]]

+ * [[celebrate]]

+ * [[celebrity]]

+ * [[celebrated]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}