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To honor a victory or the memory of something in some special way.

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  • Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!!
  • The same sentiment goes for Erin Brown's choice of the word "celebrate."
  • And, how did Carlin celebrate his unexpected victory?
  • Clearly the appropriate way to celebrate is rampant homosexuality.
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  • The "celibate" (one who abstains from intimate physical relations) monk sat down to "cerebrate" (think) about how to "calibrate" (fine-tune) his scale, but an old friend arrived to "celebrate" (engage in festivities) with him.
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