celebration

How to use celebration in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for celebration.

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"Its no secret that there was a lot of celebration here at Cryptocat over these results.

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a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

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The clearest senses and uses of celebration gathered in one view.

noun

a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

noun

any joyous diversion

noun

the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for celebration.

noun

a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

noun

any joyous diversion

noun

the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage"

Example sentences

"Its no secret that there was a lot of celebration here at Cryptocat over these results.

Again, please don't mistake this opinion as celebration of any of these facts.

Although I'll admit I was confused by the title thinking that this was in celebration of the launch of Android 5 Key Lime Pie...

> Is anybody else saddened by the fact that we are in celebration of an individual's death?No.

We must have them because we cannot always figure out how to express ourselves without them, but their use is not a cause for celebration.

He father went through a few periods of unemployment and in her eyes a call from a recruiter was a cause for celebration.

She had endured a lot of unemployment in her family and a call from a recruiter was a cause for celebration, not complaint.

He gives a great example of funerals in New Orleans: how they play sad music for a few minutes, then break into celebration.

While we do see positive words such as celebration appearing, the overall language of the day on Twitter reflected that a very negatively viewed character met a very negative end.

This isn't an attack on you, so please don't mistake it as such, but the celebration of business amorality leads to this sort of calculus and the desire to put that optimal effectiveness above human decency--and that disturbs me deeply.