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fete

noun
/feɪt/

Etymology

* The noun derives from French fête. Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest. * The verb derives from French fêter.

  1. borrowed from fêter
  2. borrowed from fête

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A feast, celebration or carnival.

  3. 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.
    • In 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 feels like I’ve read nothing at all.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA