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{
"term": "celebration",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a special event that people organize in order to celebrate something",
"sensetop": "at a celebration",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The occasion was the 40th **anniversary celebrations** of the orchestra."
},
{
"text": "**birthday celebrations**"
},
{
"text": "wedding/victory celebrations"
},
{
"text": "I hope you'll join in the Christmas celebrations."
},
{
"text": "They held a celebration to mark forty years of the lifeboat service."
},
{
"text": "As part of the celebrations, the school is planning an open day for the public."
},
{
"text": "They were among the crowd that attended the celebration."
},
{
"text": "The winners will be honoured at a celebration in Boston next week.",
"contextForm": "at a celebration"
},
{
"text": "50th anniversary celebrations"
},
{
"text": "Poor weather prevented the official celebrations from taking place."
},
{
"text": "There were wild street celebrations when England won the Cup."
},
{
"text": "They held a special celebration in his honour."
},
{
"text": "a double birthday celebration"
},
{
"text": "The celebrations continued with a cabaret dinner."
},
{
"text": "The villagers are so delighted they're holding a celebration to mark the best harvest in years."
},
{
"text": "They are already preparing for his 80th birthday celebrations in October."
},
{
"text": "The country is gearing up for Republic Day celebrations on 26 January."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "great", "noisy"],
"verb + celebration": ["have", "hold", "join"],
"celebration + noun": ["dinner", "party"],
"preposition": ["in celebration of"],
"phrases": [
"a cause for celebration",
"a celebration of somebody’s life",
"a celebration to mark something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of celebrating something",
"sensetop": "celebration of somethingin celebration of something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her triumph was a **cause for celebration**."
},
{
"text": "The service was a celebration of his life *(= praised what he had done in his life)*.",
"contextForm": "celebration of something"
},
{
"text": "The city's annual celebration of Caribbean culture kicks off on June 4."
},
{
"text": "a party in celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary",
"contextForm": "in celebration of something"
},
{
"text": "a day of celebration and national unity"
},
{
"text": "The victory was a cause for great celebration."
},
{
"text": "They organized a dinner in celebration of the year's successes."
},
{
"text": "a joyous celebration of life"
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "great", "noisy"],
"verb + celebration": ["have", "hold", "join"],
"celebration + noun": ["dinner", "party"],
"preposition": ["in celebration of"],
"phrases": [
"a cause for celebration",
"a celebration of somebody’s life",
"a celebration to mark something"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn/",
"audio": "ce/celebration/celebration__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn/",
"audio": "ce/celebration/celebration__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from Latin celebratio(n-), from the verb celebrare, from celeber, celebr- ‘frequented or honoured’."
}