| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act of showing joyful satisfaction in an event: celebration, merrymaking, rejoicing, revel (often used in plural), revelry. See LAUGHTER. 2. Joyful, exuberant activity: conviviality, festival, festiveness, fun, gaiety, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, revel (often used in plural), revelry. See LAUGHTER. 3. A large or important social gathering: affair, celebration, fete, function, gala, occasion, party, soiree. Informal : do. Slang : bash. See GROUP, WORK.
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