jubilate
/'dʤu:bileit/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To express great joy or triumph: To show or feel extreme happiness, often through outward expressions like shouting, singing, or cheering.
- To celebrate a jubilee: To observe or mark a special anniversary or occasion of rejoicing, especially a fiftieth anniversary.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- The fans began to jubilate when their team scored the winning goal in the final seconds.
- After the announcement of peace, people took to the streets to jubilate.
- The community will jubilate next year to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the town's founding.
Advanced Usage
- "to jubilate in/over something": To rejoice or exult specifically about a particular event or outcome.
- It is unseemly to jubilate over a rival's misfortune.
- The scientists had reason to jubilate in their groundbreaking discovery.
Variants and Related Words
- Jubilation (n): A feeling of great happiness and triumph; joyful celebration.
- The streets were filled with jubilation after the victory.
- Jubilant (adj): Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
- The jubilant crowd cheered for hours.
- Jubilee (n): A special anniversary of an event, especially one celebrating twenty-five or fifty years.
- The diamond jubilee marked 60 years of the queen's reign.
Synonyms
- Exult: To show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success.
- Rejoice: To feel or show great joy or delight.
- Celebrate: To acknowledge a significant or happy day or event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity.
Related Phrases
- "to jubilate and sing": A phrase emphasizing joyful, vocal celebration.
- The children jubilated and sang, their voices echoing through the park.
Verb
- to express great joy
- Who cannot exult in Spring?
- celebrate a jubilee