"precelebrate" meaning in English

See precelebrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: precelebrates [present, singular, third-person], precelebrating [participle, present], precelebrated [participle, past], precelebrated [past]
Etymology: pre- + celebrate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|celebrate}} pre- + celebrate Head templates: {{en-verb}} precelebrate (third-person singular simple present precelebrates, present participle precelebrating, simple past and past participle precelebrated)
  1. (transitive) To celebrate in advance. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-precelebrate-en-verb-1IUe5aQL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

Inflected forms

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