Meanings
verbprecelebrate (third-person singular simple present precelebrates, present participle precelebrating, simple past and past participle precelebrated)
present singular third person precelebrates · participle present precelebrating · participle past precelebrated · past precelebrated
- transitiveTo celebrate in advance.
The Chinese executive also appreciated Ho and his administration to use the 2005 EAG to precelebrate the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
2019, Marcus P. Chu, Politics of Mega-Events in China's Hong Kong and Macao, page 137
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 預祝 /预祝
- 預祝 /预祝 (yùzhù)Translations
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