celebrate

Verb

behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- "celebrate Christmas"
have a celebration
assign great social importance to
- "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"
To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.
To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.

Examples

I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate!
to celebrate a birthday
to celebrate a marriage
to celebrate the name of the Most High

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English celebraten, from celebrat(e) (“celebrated”, also used as the past participle of celebraten) + -en, borrowed from Latin celebrātus, perfect passive participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian.

Synonyms

fete, keep, lionise, lionize, observe, solemnize

Scrabble Score: 13

celebrate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
celebrate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
celebrate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

celebrate: valid Words With Friends Word