JUBILATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jubilate mean? 

• JUBILATE (verb)
  The verb JUBILATE has 2 senses:

1. celebrate a jubilee

2. to express great joy

  Familiarity information: JUBILATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUBILATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Celebrate a jubilee

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "jubilate" is one way to...):

celebrate; fete (have a celebration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

jubilation (a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event)

jubilee (a special anniversary (or the celebration of it))

Sense 2

Meaning:

To express great joy

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

exuberate; exult; jubilate; rejoice; triumph

Context example:

Who cannot exult in Spring?

Hypernyms (to "jubilate" is one way to...):

cheer; cheer up; chirk up (become cheerful)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jubilate"):

glory (rejoice proudly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue jubilate
Sam and Sue jubilate over the results of the experiment

Derivation:

jubilance; jubilancy (a feeling of extreme joy)

jubilant (joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success)

jubilant (full of high-spirited delight)

jubilation (the utterance of sounds expressing great joy)

jubilation (a feeling of extreme joy)