fete
Collocations
3ADJ.
annual, final, known, mere, white
VERB + FETE
going
FETE + NOUN
beer, hogs, lukewarm, year
Definitions
noun
A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds.
A feast, celebration or carnival.
verb
To celebrate (a person).
Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.
Saxophonist Pete Wareham, his friend and collaborator in Polar Bear and the critically feted groups Acoustic Ladyland and Fulborn Teversham, soon punctures that idea.
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6The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds.
WiktionaryDanielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.
WiktionarySaxophonist Pete Wareham, his friend and collaborator in Polar Bear and the critically feted groups Acoustic Ladyland and Fulborn Teversham, soon punctures that idea.
WiktionaryIn another LRB review, he had written after reading Martin Amis’s latest, elsewhere feted as a glorious return to form: “I read The Zone of Interest straight through twice from beginning to end and it
WiktionaryEven the finest fete becomes mere hogs swill.
Tatoeba · #243678Upon the day appointed for their execution she cut off her hair and dressed herself as if going to a fete.
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