Celebrate - Definition and Overview

A celebration is a kind of party on the occasion of either something joyous that is happening or has just happened:

• a birth, etc., see below
• passing an examination
• a success in sport, business, etc.
• having got a better or own home
• having got a (better) job
• being released from hospital, prison, kidnapping

or commemorating something joyous that happened in the past, e.g. a whole or round number of years ago, and for which the consequences still continue, e.g.:

• birthday if the person is still alive
• wedding if the partners are still together
• a country became independent or liberated, which is still the case

The celebration may also be on the occasion of a special day in general, e.g. New Year.

See also gift.

Celebration is also the name of a master-planned community, near Walt Disney World, which was developed by The Walt Disney Company.