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fete
[ feyt, fet ]
noun
- a day of celebration; holiday:
The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
- a festive celebration or entertainment:
The ball was the greatest fete of the season.
- a religious feast or festival:
a fete lasting several days in honor of a saint.
verb (used with object)
- to entertain at or honor with a fete:
to fete a visiting celebrity.
- to celebrate, laud, or acclaim:
He was feted in the press and honored by fellow citizens.
fête
/ feɪt /
noun
- a gala, bazaar, or similar entertainment, esp one held outdoors in aid of charity
- a feast day or holiday, esp one of religious significance
- informal.an organized group entertainment, esp a party or a dance
verb
- tr to honour or entertain with or as if with a fête
the author was fêted by his publishers
- informal.intr to join in a fête
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Example Sentences
Most recently, Karl Lagerfeld hosted a grand fête celebrating the premier of his film Reincarnation.
Q: What does one wear to a traditional American-style Super Bowl fête?
At one point during the fête, Simon took over the microphone.
I watched one man loading a groaning cart with gilt edged paper goblets and plates, clearly preparing for a fête.
Burns wrote in Scotch, and in celebrating the anniversary of his birth, they celebrated a national fête.
On the day of rejoicing for "La Gloriosa" there was no such display, although all Madrid was en fête.
At half-past nine they and their royal suite drove out to the fête grounds, adjoining the Bombay Gymkhana building.
What a contrast; was now before me to the pomps and pleasures of the fête!
An' purty soon we have beeg crowd, lak village she's en fête.
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