fetenoun [ C ]
also fête uk/feɪt/us/feɪt/UK US faira public event, often held outside, where you can take part in competitions and buy small things and food, often organized to collect money for a particular purpose:
a summer fete
They're holding the village fete on the green.
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Celebrations, parties & special occasions
- a night on the town idiom
- a/the gathering of the clans idiom
- afterparty
- April Fool's Day
- bachelor party
- fayre
- feast
- fest
- festival
- festive
- fundraiser
- New Year's Eve
- night
- nightclubbing
- nightlife
- occasion
- party planner
- prom
- rage
- rave
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feteverb [ T ]
uk/feɪt/us/feɪt/to praise or welcome someone publicly because of their achievements:
She was feted by audiences both in her own country and abroad.
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Praising and applauding
- a pat on the back idiom
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- cheer
- exalt
- extol
- felicitations
- full marks to sb idiom
- give sb five idiom
- lay
- pat
- praise
- recognize
- rhapsody
- round of applause idiom
- shout-out
- sing
- sing the praises of sb/sth idiom
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