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celebrated definition

cel·ebrat·ed (-id)

adjective

much spoken of; famous; renowned

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celebrated Synonyms

celebrated

modif.

famous, well-known, renowned, noted; see famous, important 2. See syn. study at famous.


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celebrated Usage Examples

Preposition: as

  • holiday: Bertha Benz's historic drive is celebrated as an annual holiday in Germany with rallies of antique automobiles.

Modifies a noun

  • painter: Matthaeus and Paul Brill were two celebrated Dutch painters.

Modifying Another Word

  • justly: He is justly celebrated at Stratford as a comic actor; she is generally identified with more mature roles than that of Juliet.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Go to this section Food from Ireland With its outstanding natural larder, Ireland is becoming increasingly celebrated for its food.

Preposition: in

  • style: The Jubilee of the bells in 1908 In 1908 the Jubilee of the bells was celebrated in grand style.

Preposition: by

  • Hindu: During Baisakhi, which is celebrated by Hindus as well, people wear bright and colorful clothes - and dance a lot!
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celebrated quotes

Shesoothed and solaced and celebrated, destroying her gift by maiming it to suit her hearers.

-Bacon, Martha

In enterprise of martial kind, When there was any fighting, He led his regiment from behindö He found it less exciting. But when away his regiment ran, His place was at the fore,Oö That celebrated, Cultivated Underrated Nobleman, The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

-Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

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