Definition of "celebrate" []

• To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing. See Synonyms at observe. (verb-transitive)
• To perform (a religious ceremony): celebrate Mass. (verb-transitive)
• To extol or praise: a sonnet that celebrates love. (verb-transitive)
• To make widely known; display: "a determination on the author's part to celebrate . . . the offenses of another” ( William H. Pritchard). (verb-transitive)
• To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremony or festivity. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The same sentiment goes for Erin Brown's choice of the word "celebrate.""
• "Our hooping community continues to grow and we once again celebrate our hooping “newbies” that started hooping in 2008 and are already making their mark."
• "Still, he held out the possibility that Nikliborc could again celebrate Mass."