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CELEBRATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an illustrious past
Synonyms:
celebrated; historied; storied
Classified under:
Similar:
glorious (having or deserving or conferring glory)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Widely known and esteemed
Example:
a renowned painter
Synonyms:
celebrated; famed; famous; far-famed; illustrious; notable; noted; renowned
Classified under:
Similar:
known (apprehended with certainty)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb celebrate
Context examples:
My character has ever been celebrated for its sincerity and frankness, and in a cause of such moment as this, I shall certainly not depart from it.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Then, unable to settle down to reading, I walked slowly round the room, examining the pictures of celebrated criminals with which every wall was adorned.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As it celebrated its 41st anniversary Thursday (Apr. 24), the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) unveiled the largest genetic repository in Latin America, which can store up to 750,000 seed samples.
(LatAm's largest gene bank unveiled in Brasília, Agência BRASIL)
The instrument was unlocked, every body prepared to be charmed, and Marianne, who sang very well, at their request went through the chief of the songs which Lady Middleton had brought into the family on her marriage, and which perhaps had lain ever since in the same position on the pianoforte, for her ladyship had celebrated that event by giving up music, although by her mother's account, she had played extremely well, and by her own was very fond of it.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, and (what makes it worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Whilst this hurried scene had been taking place, the crowd had become more and more tumultuous, partly from their impatience at the delay, and partly from their exuberant spirits at the unexpected chance of seeing so celebrated a fighting man as Harrison.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Meg cheerfully blackened and burned her white hands cooking delicate messes for 'the dear', while Amy, a loyal slave of the ring, celebrated her return by giving away as many of her treasures as she could prevail on her sisters to accept.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Whether she thought of him so much, while she drank her warm wine and water, and prepared herself for bed, as to dream of him when there, cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber, or a morning doze at most; for if it be true, as a celebrated writer has maintained, that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared,* it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The wedding was celebrated, and after the king’s death, Dummling inherited his kingdom and lived for a long time contentedly with his wife.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Johnson's celebrated judgment as to matrimony and celibacy, and say, that though Mansfield Park might have some pains, Portsmouth could have no pleasures.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
