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  • 1Celebrate — Cel e*brate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Celebrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Celebrating}.] [L. celebratus, p. p. of celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous.] 1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High …

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  • 2Celebrate Your Name Week — (CYNW) is a holiday created in 1997 by American amateur onomatologist Jerry Hill. Hill declared the first full week in March a week for everyone in the world to embrace and celebrate his or her name, and to appreciate names in general, by having… …

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  • 3Celebrate the Century — is the name of a series of postage stamps made by the United States Postal Service featuring images recalling various important events in the 20th century in the United States. Ten of these sheets were issued, with each sheet depicting events of… …

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  • 4celebrate — [sel′ə brāt΄] vt. celebrated, celebrating [ME celebraten < L celebratus, pp. of celebrare, to frequent, go in great numbers, honor < celeber, frequented, populous; akin to celer, swift: see HOLD1] 1. to perform (a ritual, ceremony, etc.)… …

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  • 5Birthday — For other uses, see Birthday (disambiguation). Candles spell out the traditional English birthday greeting A birthday is a day or anniversary where a person celebrates his or her date of birth. Birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures, often …

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  • 6birthday — n. 1) to attain (formal), reach a birthday 2) to celebrate, mark a birthday 3) at, on a birthday (on her tenth birthday) 4) happy birthday * * * [ bɜːθd(e)ɪ] mark a birthday reach a birthday on a birthday (on her tenth birthday) at at hap …

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  • 7Birthday cake — The birthday cake has been an integral part of the birthday celebrations in Western cultures since the middle of the 19th century. Certain rituals and traditions, such as singing of birthday songs, associated with birthday cakes are common to… …

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  • 8birthday — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ last, next ▪ I ll be 28 on my next birthday. VERB + BIRTHDAY ▪ have ▪ I hope you have a nice birthday …

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  • 9Birthday party — A birthday party is party to celebrate the anniversary of one s birth.Birthday Party may refer to:In theatre, film, and television: * The Birthday Party (play), a play by Harold Pinter * The Birthday Party (film), a 1968 film written by Pinter,… …

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  • 10birthday — birth|day W3S2 [ˈbə:θdeı US ˈbə:r ] n 1.) your birthday is a day that is an exact number of years after the day you were born ▪ He was in Kansas to celebrate his 74th birthday . happy birthday! (=what you say on someone s birthday) birthday… …

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