celebrating

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word celebrating. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word celebrating, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say celebrating in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word celebrating you have here. The definition of the word celebrating will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcelebrating, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Verb

celebrating

  1. present participle and gerund of celebrate
    • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25:
      While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Derived terms

Noun

celebrating (plural celebratings)

  1. celebration
    • 1961, Leonard J. Lea, Views from the Mountain, page 162:
      Sometimes, at business meetings, bazaars, banquets, decoratings, celebratings, and what not, our animosities like wild tigers escape and create havoc in the flock.

Anagrams