Noun: celebration ,se-lu'brey-shun
- A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
"The team's victory was cause for citywide celebration";
- jubilation
- The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
"the celebration of marriage";
- solemnization, solemnisation [Brit]
- Any joyous diversion
"The wedding was marked by great celebration";
- festivity
Derived forms: celebrations
Type of: diversion, recreation, ritual
Encyclopedia: Celebration, florida