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fete

 
/feɪt/, /fet/ n [C]

Definition

a special celebration, often for a particular purpose, or to honor someone: The annual fete to raise money for cancer research netted more than $90,000. fete
 
/feɪt/, /fet/ v [T]
The magazine’s founding editor was feted with a dinner on her 80th birthday.
(Definition of fete n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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