celebration

noun

Definition of celebrationnext
as in festival
a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something a celebration of the company's 100th anniversary

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Recent Examples of celebration Trump has managed to bring up grass at events as varied as the signing of an executive order on TikTok and the 2025 White House celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 The community came together Wednesday to wish the young talent good luck at a send-off celebration and pizza party. — Allen Devlin, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 To mark the occasion, the care team coordinated a 100-day celebration for Avery, complete with an adorable custom old lady outfit. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 During the celebration, the brothers wore black tuxedos and tucked dainty wildflowers into the buttonholes of their jackets. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 Perhaps never more so than this week, as a distinctly Hollywood crowd is rumoured to have checked in for the wedding celebrations of Tom Holland and Zendaya. — Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026 Her birthday celebrations have just gotten much, much smaller. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Aug. 2026 See photos from Deadhead celebrations from across the country. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026 The race, part of the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations, will pass close to several major museums and historic landmarks. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for celebration
  1. festival
  2. festivity
  3. fiesta
Noun
  • Two people were killed and several others injured when two shooters opened fire at Canada’s largest street festival in Toronto in July.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The festival was first announced in February at a press conference attended by Mayor Karen Bass, with organizers — including founder and former city council member Martin Ludlow — anticipating 250,000 attendees for the citywide, weeks-long event.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of festival
Noun
  • Saturday’s festivities will include crafts, story time, a scavenger hunt and the chance to see hundreds of fish in their colorful new environment for the first time in months.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The festivities started in 1841, and today’s visitors enjoy some of the same activities, like animal exhibitions and farm product demonstrations.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of festivity
Noun
  • Spain will host a gran fiesta for its winning team on the streets of Madrid.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • The Carnaval de Guaranda, for instance, takes inspiration from a rowdy annual fiesta held in the Bolivar Province and is made with vodka, hops, figs, white truffle, turmeric, and a local moonshine called pájaro azul.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of fiesta

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