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fete

[fayt, fet] / feɪt, fɛt /




Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for fete?
A fete is a celebration, a festival, or a day of celebration. As a verb, it can mean to honor someone with such a celebration—to celebrate someone with a big party in their honor. In these contexts, the word implies that the celebration is big and lavish, like a fancy banquet, gala, feast, or ball. As a verb, it can also mean to generally celebrate someone—not with a party, but with a lot of praise or positive media coverage, for example.
Where does fete come from?
Fete comes from the French word feste, meaning “feast."
How do you use fete in a sentence?
Fete is perhaps most commonly used as a verb. Feting someone sometimes involves an actual party, but often it simply involves celebration and praise. Here are some examples of fete in a sentence:
  • Bill’s retiring and we’re throwing a big fete in his honor.
  • Hundreds gathered to fete the couple on their wedding day.
  • The director, once feted by critics, is no longer a media darling.

Example Sentences

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A resident of Oxnard, Channtal Shrauger also made a bit of a drive to fete the closing restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

This year’s special America 250 fete brings together more than 1,000 global performers who will treat audiences to pipe-and-drum acts, drill teams, military bands, choirs, motorcycle stunt shows and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

While many trek in from across the country or from the diaspora in Europe and the United States, some hotel owners also report growing numbers of foreign tourists as the annual fete grows.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

"Dancing at the tip of the boat is not easy," Indonesia's minister of culture Fadli Zon told reporters at an event meant to fete Dikha on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

I didn’t want to be responsible for the fete of humankind.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

It enables the community to use the field for events like fetes and weddings, while still encouraging wildlife diversity, Taylor said.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Wild and kitschy shows followed with opening fetes dedicated to colorful subjects including Andy Warhol, circus clowns, and Canadian television creators and puppeteers Sid and Marty Krofft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

Biden and Kishida on Wednesday will hold talks and take part in a joint news conference before Biden fetes the Japanese leader with the state dinner in the East Room.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

At one of last week’s fetes for foreign business executives, including Apple’s Tim Cook, Li Qiang, China’s new premier, pledged that China would continue to “open its doors wider and wider.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

It’s impossible to imagine her as a typical Illustrian girl, angling for a good match, attending fetes and allowing herself to be seduced by fittingly highborn men.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Despite his national hero status, Aung San is feted mostly by ethnic majority Bamar elites, rather than the ethnic minority groups who have fought against central rule for decades, researcher Morgan Michaels said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

It's named after the feted New York club where Madonna got an early break by persuading DJ Mark Kamins to play her debut single, Everybody.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

During his first term, China feted him like a favorite prince with various ceremonies: a private tour of the Forbidden City, followed by a performance by the Peking Opera and a huge state dinner.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

When he incurred a potentially career-ending knee injury in the 1970-71 season—and was feted with a “Jerry West Night”—it left him cold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

The philosophers in the audience were scandalized by this claim; Galileo was naturally thrilled to have been vindicated and feted.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

She ultimately decided on building an altar to counteract her fear with the joy of feting life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

And Monday, while speakers were feting him with their deepest thanks for hour after hour, they were also delaying his speaking window until after prime time on the East Coast.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2024

For all of her feting of American delegations, Ms. Tsai, and the semiconductor industry she seeks to protect, face a precarious balancing act.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2022

The occasion was the official feting of Bradley Beal signing a five-year, $251 million max contract that cements him as the Wizards’ cornerstone through at least age 32.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022

We're often in waiting At junket or feting, And sometimes attend an interment— DUKE.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert


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