noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
birthday celebrations
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the President’s 60th birthday celebrations
independence celebrations
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The region is preparing for Monday's independence celebrations.
victory celebrations
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The victory celebrations went on all night.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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big
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This is the biggest religious celebration in the wealthy zones.
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Indeed Hogmanay is a bigger celebration than Christmas.
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The big celebration usually takes place on Christmas Eve.
centenary
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A Centenary celebration is a useful moment for reflection.
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It is in this latter style that the sole survivor, 167 - has been restored for the Centenary celebrations .
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Now for the immediate future, and the various centenary celebrations which begin this weekend.
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Mr Goto was in the market for an important work of art as part of his company's centenary celebrations .
double
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The two schools ended up as joint winners of the 1998 Carnival, which meant a double celebration for the team.
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For Andrew McCreath the gala was one of double celebration .
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It called for a celebration - a double celebration, really, she decided.
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Then a party may be held on a different day, so there is a double celebration .
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The win made it a double celebration for Betty and husband Arthur.
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The launch of the engine plant marked a double celebration for staff at Ellesmere Port.
religious
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This is the biggest religious celebration in the wealthy zones.
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We bounced their children on our knees and joined in their religious celebrations .
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These are the sort of things you might suggest that people give you for your birthday, Christmas or other religious celebration .
special
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So we had a video, and a special celebration dinner, and it made me feel really great.
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Remember that at this time the special eucharistic celebration of Christians took place during the course of a meal of fellowship.
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I have organized a very special celebration for him.
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I have designed a special celebration menu for you today.
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Schools will still want to capitalise on topical events, and special celebrations .
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Newry are also hosting a special celebration dinner in the clubhouse on Friday night to mark the completion of their development.
■ NOUN
birthday
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But Kiwomya had the last word, capitalising on a slice of good fortune to make his birthday celebrations complete.
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This Sunday afternoon in late summer, I accompany my parents to Mr Berzins's ninetieth birthday celebration .
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Teenager Jamie Pollock hopes to start off week-end birthday celebrations with a win.
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But they've a rather shorter run planned this birthday celebration .
day
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On June 26, Independence Day celebrations were held.
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Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights promise to be busier than usual too, with extended Valentine's Day celebrations .
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Sing it with your Pack as part of your Thinking Day celebrations .
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Nothing else got everybody running about as excitedly as Empire Day celebrations on 24 May every year.
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Zedillo, using an Army Day celebration as the stage, told thousands of officers and soldiers that the arrest of Gen.
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This will take place on Sunday, after we have witnessed the May Day celebrations in Nanking.
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If everyone in your Pack makes a bookmark, you can exchange them as part of your Thinking Day celebrations .
dinner
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A celebration dinner party. 3.
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So we had a video, and a special celebration dinner , and it made me feel really great.
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He had even been confident enough to order a celebration dinner at the White Hart Hotel in Aylesbury for that evening.
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We have established, have we not, that the public house is not worthy of a celebration dinner .
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Harrison met his party colleagues for a celebration dinner on the outskirts of the city.
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About three months ago, my husband and I had a celebration dinner in town.
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Newry are also hosting a special celebration dinner in the clubhouse on Friday night to mark the completion of their development.
millennium
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Motorcyclists were the latest section of society to get a mass blessing-part of the Vatican's Millennium celebrations .
victory
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This signalled the start of the victory celebrations as Randalstown swamped the Victorians circle.
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Tuesday, they put on their party duds and joined the victory celebrations .
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Shah Jehan had now recovered from his illness and was able to move to Agra and join in the victory celebrations .
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James McClure, R-Idaho, sponsored a victory celebration for second-term Sen.
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Today's announcement of the drive for union members smacked of a victory celebration , surely a little premature ahead of Thursday's vote?
■ VERB
attend
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They were expected to attend the urban celebrations of the great festivals and took part in the pageantry and the festivities.
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Police estimated the crowd at 35, 000, but some organizers said as many as 100, 000 attended the celebration .
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He had been invited to attend the Easter celebrations by the Orthodox Church.
hold
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One group of villagers are so delighted they're holding a celebration to mark the best harvest in years.
join
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Most cats will refuse to join in such celebrations , but those that do will quickly suffer for it.
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Tuesday, they put on their party duds and joined the victory celebrations .
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Come and join in the celebrations throughout the year.
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There are other ways to join the celebration .
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We bounced their children on our knees and joined in their religious celebrations .
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Campese was nearly sent flying as he jogged off through the crowd to join the dressing-room celebrations .
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Julian Wolinsky joined the opening celebrations .
mark
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One group of villagers are so delighted they're holding a celebration to mark the best harvest in years.
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The celebration marks a recognition by leaders here that the Navy is an important part of the community, said Rear Adm.
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Birmingham on 1 and 2 August 1838 saw a celebration to mark the end of apprenticeship.
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Weekend celebrations to mark the end of military rule had led to violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
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Kaskelot is one of the main features over a weekend of celebrations to mark 200 years of canals.
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She was fêted at celebrations to mark the Equal Franchise Act of 1928.
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It was all part of the celebrations to mark the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of war.Elizabeth O'Reilly reports.
plan
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Start planning your celebration for the day of the last measuring session - the day after tomorrow.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Janine had her birthday celebration a week early.
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New Year's celebrations
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New Year celebrations in Scotland go on for three days.
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Posadas is a nine-day celebration in Mexico before Christmas.
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The hospital is planning a huge celebration of its 50th anniversary.
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There is a two-day citywide celebration each year at the end of June.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In our own celebrations this Christmas, may we join with Mary in giving thanks for the amazing gift of human life.
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It begins with a wedding celebration taking place in the open air.
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Plenty of booze and chow round out the celebration , considered the grandaddy of July Fourth blasts.
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Some examples include frustration over work, an argument with a spouse, and celebration of a baseball game win.
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This was no celebration of diversity.
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Was this celebration , six years after the Liberation, a reminder of less happy times?
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When our flag flies, it signifies a national celebration .