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.

• architect: The celebrated architect Mr George Gilbert Scott was appointed.

• novelist: Scott's Waverley begins his career as Europe's most celebrated novelist [ largely unread today ] .

• poet: Apparently his eminent literary contemporaries did not realize that a celebrated poet had passed from their midst.

• actress: The two central female roles of Rosalind and Celia are played by two celebrated British actresses - Lia Williams and Amanda Harris.

• composer: In the summer of 1925 the celebrated American composer George Gershwin visited Britain.

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.

• internationally: Lone Twin has created an internationally celebrated body of work with regular showings across Europe, North America and Australia.

• traditionally: In Louisiana, Saturday night is traditionally celebrated in style.

• widely: The birthday of the world is still widely celebrated.

• publicly: CELEBRATIONS OF ACHIEVEMENT We support the recommendation that apprenticeship should be publicly celebrated in local ceremonies and skills competitions.

• recently: Americans have recently celebrated Thanksgiving, and most of us are approaching the end of the year.

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.

• exhibition: This huge economic supremacy was celebrated in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London's Crystal Palace.

• song: Jael fulfilled this prophesy after Barak's great victory, which was celebrated in a song composed by Barak and Deborah.

• way: Birthdays here are not celebrated in any way like we all celebrate them.

• country: The first year St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in this country was 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Preposition: by

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