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celebration

/sɛlɪˈbreɪʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/sɛlɪˈbreɪʃ(ə)n/

sɛlɪˈbreɪʃən

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 3rd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final -tion sounds like shun

sɛlɪ - ˈbreɪʃən -> celebration

Myanmar meaning

(n) အောင်ပွဲခံခြင်း။ မင်္ဂလာပွဲကျင်းပခြင်း။

Full entry

celebrate /'selÇbreÇt/ v

၁။ (က) (အောင်ပွဲ၊ မင်္ဂလာပွဲ၊ အထိမ်း အမှတ်ပွဲစသည်) အခမ်းအနားကျင်းပသည်။ celebrate Christmas/sb's birthday/a wedding anniversary ❍ celebrate a victory/success.
(ခ) ယင်းအခမ်းအနားပွဲတွင် ပါဝင်ဆင်နွှဲသည်၊ တက်ရောက်သည်။
It's my birthday—let's celebrate (eg with alcoholic drink)!
၂။ ခရစ်ယာန်ဘာသာရေး အခမ်း အနားကို ဦးဆောင်သည်။
celebrate Mass/the Eucharist.
၃။ (fml ) ချီးကျူးဂုဏ်ပြုသည်။ a movie celebrating the life of Martin Luther King.
❏ celebrated adj ~ (for sth) ထင်ရှားသော။ ကျော်ကြားသော။ a celebrated actor/writer/pianist ❍ Burgundy is celebrated for its fine wines.
❏ celebration /selÇ'breÇʃn/ n [U, C] အောင်ပွဲခံခြင်း။ မင်္ဂလာပွဲကျင်းပခြင်း။
birthday celebrations ❍ a day of celebration.
❏ celebratory /selǝ'breÇtǝri; US 'selǝbrǝtↄ:ri/ adj အောင်ပွဲ။ မင်္ဂလာပွဲ။
a celebratory mood/atmosphere ❍ a celebratory dinner/drink/banquet.

More examples

Let’s have a party to celebrate your birthday.
The team is celebrating their third successive win.
They’ve just finished their exams and have gone out to celebrate.
The bravery of warriors was celebrated in song.

Synonyms

rejoice, have fun, have a good time, party, enjoy yourself, make merry, acclaim, achievement, applaud, beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commemorate, commemorate occasion, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hail, hallow, have a ball, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make whoopee, mark, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, push the boat out, raise hell, remember, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, sing the praises, solemnize

Antonyms

be sad, blame, castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, denounce, deny, disapprove, disregard, forget, humiliate, ignore, lament, neglect, overlook, refuse, reproach

Cross references

rejoice have fun have a good time party enjoy yourself make merry acclaim achievement applaud beat the drum bless blow off steam carouse ceremonialize commemorate commemorate occasion commend consecrate dedicate drink to eulogize exalt extol feast fete glorify hail hallow

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